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Artist's Conception of Double Pulsar System PSR J0737-3039A/B.
Unique Stellar System Gives Einstein a Thumbs-Up
July 3, 2008 at 4:06 pm | News Release

Taking advantage of a unique cosmic coincidence, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars.

Seyfert galaxies
Radio Telescopes Reveal Unseen Galactic Cannibalism
June 23, 2008 at 3:58 pm | News Release

Radio-telescope images have revealed previously-unseen galactic cannibalism — a triggering event that leads to feeding frenzies by gigantic black holes at the cores of galaxies.

Green Bank Telescope and molecules
Mining for Molecules in the Milky Way
June 2, 2008 at 3:52 pm | News Release

Scientists are using the giant Green Bank Telescope to go prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy.

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
Radio Telescopes to Keep Sharp Eye on Mars Lander
May 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm | News Release

As NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander descends through the Red Planet’s atmosphere toward its landing on May 25, its progress will be scrutinized by radio telescopes from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

SN 2007uy and NGC 2770 before SN 2008D exploded
Luck Reveals Stellar Explosion’s First Moments
May 21, 2008 at 3:41 pm | News Release

Through a stroke of luck, astronomers have witnessed the first violent moments of a stellar explosion known as a supernova.

Sen. Pete V. Domenici
Research Center Renamed for Senator Domenici
May 19, 2008 at 3:40 pm | Announcement

New Mexico Tech and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory will rename the observatory’s research center on the New Mexico Tech campus to honor retiring U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici in a ceremony on May 30. The building that serves as the scientific, technical, and administrative center for the Very Large Array and Very Long Baseline Array radio telescopes will be named the Pete V. Domenici Science Operations Center.

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