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ALMA Band 1 Receiver Cold Cartridge Assembly.

ALMA Board Approves Band 1 Receivers

June 23, 2016 at 1:24 pm | Announcement

ALMA Band 1 receiver approved by ALMA Board.

ALMA Sounds, an Interactive Project to Search for a Common Cosmic Language

June 17, 2016 at 11:56 am | Announcement

ALMA Sounds to be featured at Sonar+D Festival.

First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disk

June 15, 2016 at 10:00 am | Announcement

ALMA detects methanol in TW Hya.

NRAO’s New iOS App Puts the Radio Universe in Your Hand

June 9, 2016 at 2:05 pm | Announcement

NRAO launches its first mobile app, RadioSky, for free download in the Apple iTunes Store.

HCO+ gas distribution in the disk around HL Tauri.

Footprints of Baby Planets in a Gas Disk

May 25, 2016 at 12:25 pm | Announcement

Astronomers use ALMA to find new evidence of infant planets.

Attacker Damages Radio Telescope Site on Mauna Kea

March 30, 2016 at 12:23 am | Announcement

Official statement on the attack of the Mauna Kea VLBA station.

2016 edition of Essential Radio Astronomy

Essential Radio Astronomy: 2016 Edition Published by Princeton University Press

March 29, 2016 at 2:21 pm | Announcement

Essential Radio Astronomy for the first time published by Princeton University Press.

NRAO and UVA Astronomer Sabrina Stierwalt Honored by L’Oreal and UNESCO

March 17, 2016 at 12:00 pm | Announcement

NRAO/UVA astronomer Sabrina Stierwalt honored by L’Oreal and UNESCO.

Artist impression of the baby star TMC-1A

ALMA Spots Baby Star’s Growing Blanket

March 3, 2016 at 2:11 pm | Announcement

ALMA distinguishes between protostar disk and infalling gas.

NRAO’s Top 10 Radio Hits of 2014

December 29, 2014 at 3:17 pm | Announcement

Looking back at the science news released by NRAO in 2014, the staff scientists at NRAO selected what they believed were the top 10 stories based on both scientific impact and public interest.

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