Latest NRAO News

RSS

Search Results

Search Terms: VLA

Showing results 121 - 130 of 231
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.

W50
Microquasar Makes a Giant Manatee Nebula
January 19, 2013 at 5:24 pm | News Release

A new view of a 20,000-year old supernova remnant demonstrates the upgraded imaging power of the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array and provides more clues to the history of this giant cloud that resembles a beloved endangered species, the Florida Manatee.

Andromeda Galaxy
Microquasar Found in Neighbor Galaxy, Tantalizing Scientists
December 12, 2012 at 4:41 pm | News Release

For the first time, astronomers have found a microquasar — a black hole devouring material from a companion star — in a galaxy beyond our own Milky Way.

Hercules A
Image Release: A Radio-Optical View of the Galaxy Hercules A
November 29, 2012 at 4:34 pm | News Release

Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of two of astronomy’s cutting-edge tools, the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, and the recently upgraded Very Large Array radio telescope in west-central New Mexico.

Artist's conception of black hole in globular cluster.
Surprising Black-Hole Discovery Changes Picture of Globular Star Clusters
October 3, 2012 at 3:25 pm | News Release

An unexpected discovery by astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array is forcing scientists to rethink their understanding of the environment in globular star clusters, tight-knit collections containing hundreds of thousands of stars.

Famous Radio Telescope Officially Gets New Name
Famous Radio Telescope Officially Gets New Name
March 31, 2012 at 3:15 pm | Announcement

Astronomers and officials from around the globe gathered on the high desert of New Mexico Saturday to officially bestow a new name on the world’s most famous radio telescope and to mark its transformation into a new and vastly more powerful tool for science.

Artist's Conception of Dusty Disk Around Young Star TW Hydrae
From Earth’s Water to Cosmic Dawn: New Tools Unveiling Astronomical Mysteries
February 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm | News Release

Two new and powerful research tools are helping astronomers gain key insights needed to transform our understanding of important processes across the breadth of astrophysics.

Karl G. Jansky
Iconic Telescope Renamed to Honor Founder of Radio Astronomy
January 10, 2012 at 2:31 pm | News Release

The world’s most famous radio telescope will become the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted by objects in space.

Showing results 121 - 130 of 231