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NSF NRAO Announces Jansky Fellows

April 29, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Feature

The NRAO Jansky Fellowship Program is designed to support outstanding early-career scientists and engineers in conducting independent research related…

Stars Align for Science: University of Florida and NSF NRAO Forge Path for Discovery

April 29, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the University of Florida (UF) have announced…

exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed

April 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young…

ALMA Detects First-Ever Hydrogen Recombination Lines From Proplyd Disks in Densely Packed Orion Nebula Cluster

April 9, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

Most stars form in clusters, where hundreds to thousands of stars coevolve in proximal environmental conditions that dictate how…

NSF Green Bank Telescope Gets a New Coat of Protection

April 7, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is embarking on a crucial maintenance project to protect…

A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe

April 2, 2025 at 11:08 am | News Release

The ALMA Observatory, in collaboration with its partners, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the European Southern Observatory…

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