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Photo of the moon-illuminated ALMA radio telescope array with stars in the background.

October 14, 2024 at 5:00 am | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is thrilled to announce that a record-breaking total of 4,250 hours of science-quality…

Ken Kellermann Awarded the 2024 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship

October 11, 2024 at 3:25 pm | News Release

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) have awarded the…

Sunset view of the VLA with text overlay of open house details

The Very Large Array to Host Fall Open House on October 12, 2024

October 4, 2024 at 2:11 pm | Announcement

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) is thrilled to invite the public to the NSF Very Large Array (NSF VLA) Fall Open House on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

ALMA’s New Observing Cycle Kicks Off October 1st

September 25, 2024 at 3:55 pm | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) new observation cycle –Cycle 11- kicks off on October 1, 2024, starting a…

NRAO Part of New AI Institutes Launched by U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation

September 18, 2024 at 4:05 am | News Release

From the early telescopes made hundreds of years ago by Galileo to the sophisticated astronomical observatories of today, people…

United Nations Secretary-General Visits ALMA

September 10, 2024 at 11:18 am | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), one of the largest and most sensitive telescopes of its kind in the…

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