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New System Makes the VLA Two Telescopes in One
December 10, 2013 at 3:00 pm | News Release

The VLA will get a new system allowing it to continuously monitor the sky to study the ionosphere and detect short bursts of radio emission from astronomical objects.

NRAO Media Tip Sheet: November 2013
NRAO Media Tip Sheet: November 2013
November 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Tip Sheet

VLBI between West Virginia and Shanghai and the world’s first radio sundial.

UGC 10288 and background galaxy
Surprising Image Provides New Tool for Studying a Galaxy
November 13, 2013 at 5:50 pm | News Release

Astronomers studying gas halos around nearby galaxies were surprised Very Large Array showed that one of their subjects is not a single galaxy, but two, superimposed on the sky to masquerade as one.

Artist's impression of Smith Cloud and Milky Way
Magnetic Force Field Shields Giant Gas Cloud
October 30, 2013 at 8:05 pm | News Release

Doom may be averted for the Smith Cloud, a gigantic streamer of hydrogen gas that is on a collision course with the Milky Way Galaxy.

Poster for Beyond The Visible
Jodie Foster Narrates Our New VLA Visitor Film
October 4, 2013 at 4:51 pm | Announcement

Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster narrates our new VLA Visitor Film.

4C12.50
Powerful Jets Blowing Material Out of Galaxy
September 5, 2013 at 9:04 pm | News Release

Astronomers using a worldwide network of radio telescopes have found strong evidence that a powerful jet of material propelled to nearly light speed by a galaxy’s central black hole is blowing massive amounts of gas out of the galaxy.

Illustration of a pulsar inside the magnetic field around a black hole.
Newly Found Pulsar Helps Astronomers Explore Milky Way’s Mysterious Core
August 14, 2013 at 4:00 am | News Release

Astronomers have made an important measurement of the magnetic field emanating from a swirling disk of material surrounding the black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

VLA Image of Small Portion of Extragalactic Space
VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe
April 30, 2013 at 4:57 pm | News Release

Staring at a small patch of sky for more than 50 hours with the ultra-sensitive Very Large Array, astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

HFLS3, surrounding area, and CO spectrum
Massive Star Factory Churned in Universe’s Youth
April 17, 2013 at 4:49 pm | News Release

Astronomers using a world-wide collection of telescopes have discovered the most prolific star factory in the Universe, surprisingly in a galaxy so distant that they see as it was when the Universe was only six percent of its current age.

Graphic illustrating the Yarkovsky Effect
Getting the Right Spin on a Close-Passing Asteroid
February 14, 2013 at 5:11 pm | News Release

The record-setting close approach of an asteroid on February 15 is an exciting opportunity for scientists, and a research team will use National Radio Astronomy Observatory and NASA telescopes to gain a key clue that will help them predict the future path of this nearby cosmic neighbor.

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