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Illustration of magnetar SGR 1806-20
Mysterious Magnetar Yielding Secrets to VLA
February 18, 2005 at 9:40 pm | News Release

A giant flash of energy from a supermagnetic neutron star thousands of light-years from Earth may shed a whole new light on scientists’ understanding of such mysterious magnetars and of gamma-ray bursts.

Dr. Eric Greisen
American Astronomical Society Honors NRAO Scientist
January 25, 2005 at 9:26 pm | Announcement

The American Astronomical Society has awarded its prestigious George Van Biesbroeck Prize to Dr Eric Greisen of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, New Mexico.

UGC 5288
Dwarf Galaxy Gives Giant Surprise
January 12, 2005 at 9:15 pm | News Release

An astronomer studying small irregular galaxies discovered a remarkable feature in one galaxy that may provide key clues to understanding how galaxies form and the relationship between the gas and the stars within galaxies.

The VLA 11
Unexplained Emission From Three Brown Dwarfs
January 10, 2005 at 9:10 pm | News Release

Astronomers have discovered three brown dwarfs — enigmatic objects that are neither stars nor planets — emitting radio waves that scientists cannot explain. The three newly-discovered radio-emitting brown dwarfs were found as part of a systematic study of nearby brown dwarfs using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope.

VLA Image of Quasar J1148+5251
VLA Study Offers Clue to Galaxy Formation
November 8, 2004 at 9:01 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope to study the most distant known quasar have found a tantalizing clue that may answer a longstanding cosmic chicken-and-egg question.

VLA Image of Microquasar SS 433
Gigantic Cosmic Corkscrew
October 26, 2004 at 7:51 pm | News Release

Making an extra effort to image a faint, gigantic corkscrew traced by fast protons and electrons shot out from a mysterious microquasar paid off for a pair of astrophysicists who gained new insights into the beast’s inner workings and also resolved a longstanding dispute over the object’s distance.

Radio galaxies seen in VLSS
Sky Survey Provides New Radio View of Universe
October 20, 2004 at 7:49 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array have overcome longstanding technical hurdles to map the sky at little-explored radio frequencies that may provide a tantalizing look deep into the early Universe.

An artist's impression of Supernova 1986J.
Radio Telescopes Reveal Youngest Stellar Corpse
June 10, 2004 at 7:29 pm | News Release

Astronomers using a global combination of radio telescopes to study a stellar explosion some 30 million light-years from Earth have likely discovered either the youngest black hole or the youngest neutron star known in the Universe.

VLA and GBT image of Galactic Center
Origin of Enigmatic Galactic-center Filaments Revealed
June 1, 2004 at 7:06 pm | News Release

Twenty years ago, astronomers discovered a number of enigmatic radio-emitting filaments concentrated near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Cloverleaf galaxy
Furious Star Formation in Distant Galaxy
December 10, 2003 at 7:06 pm | News Release

Astronomers have discovered a key signpost of rapid star formation in a galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth, seen as it was when the Universe was only 20 percent of its current age.

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