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ALMA Takes First Step Toward Return to Service
ALMA Takes First Step Toward Return to Service
January 14, 2021 at 10:49 pm | Announcement

The process of returning ALMA to operational status has begun by powering up the first few antennas for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown in March of 2021.

Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record
Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record
January 12, 2021 at 12:15 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with other telescopes, have discovered the most distant quasar yet found. The bright quasar, powered by a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy, is seen as it was only 670 million years after the Big Bang, and is providing valuable clues about how such huge black holes and their host galaxies formed in the early Universe.

IMAGE RELEASE: A Blazar In the Early Universe
IMAGE RELEASE: A Blazar In the Early Universe
December 22, 2020 at 10:00 am | News Release

Observations with the continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) reveal previously unseen details in a jet of material ejected from the core of a galaxy seen as it was when the universe was only about 7 percent of its current age.

NRAO and GBO Saddened at Loss of Arecibo Telescope
NRAO and GBO Saddened at Loss of Arecibo Telescope
November 19, 2020 at 2:31 pm | Announcement

NRAO and GBO are saddened at the announcement of the decommissioning of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico, which has a long and distinguished history of scientific accomplishment.

VLA Sky Survey Reveals Newborn Jets in Distant Galaxies
VLA Sky Survey Reveals Newborn Jets in Distant Galaxies
November 19, 2020 at 10:00 am | News Release

Comparing data from VLA sky surveys made some two decades apart revealed that the black hole-powered “engines” at the cores of some distant galaxies have launched new, superfast jets of material during the interval between the surveys.

IMAGE RELEASE: Galaxies in the Perseus Cluster
IMAGE RELEASE: Galaxies in the Perseus Cluster
November 12, 2020 at 10:00 am | News Release

New VLA images show how the crowded environment of a cluster of galaxies affects the individual galaxies, helping astronomers better understand some of the complex details of such an environment.

Catching a Radio Surprise
Catching a Radio Surprise
November 10, 2020 at 9:22 am | News Feature

The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is an ambitious project to make a high-resolution radio map of nearly…

Galaxies in the Infant Universe Were Surprisingly Mature
Galaxies in the Infant Universe Were Surprisingly Mature
October 27, 2020 at 9:00 am | News Release

ALMA telescope conducts largest survey yet of distant galaxies in the early universe

ALMA Shows Volcanic Impact on Io’s Atmosphere
ALMA Shows Volcanic Impact on Io’s Atmosphere
October 21, 2020 at 2:00 pm | News Release

New radio images from ALMA show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Io.

Featured Video: The Very Large Array at 40
Featured Video: The Very Large Array at 40
October 7, 2020 at 9:07 am | News Feature

Join our host Melissa Hoffman as she talks about the history of the VLA and some of the remarkable objects it has discovered!

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