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Satellite Internet Meets Space Science: A Groundbreaking Solution for Spectrum Sharing
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

A groundbreaking solution has been developed to address the growing challenge of radio interference from satellite constellations on sensitive…

 Looking inside the plasma jet cone of the blazar PKS 1424+240 with a radio telescope of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA).
NSF VLBA Peers Into the “Eye of Sauron” to Solve Cosmic Neutrino Mystery
August 12, 2025 at 11:00 am | News Release

Using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy’s Very Long Baseline Array (NSF NRAO VLBA), an international team of astronomers has solved a decade-long puzzle about one of the brightest cosmic neutrino sources in the sky. Their findings, published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, reveal that the blazar PKS 1424+240 – dubbed the “Eye of Sauron” for its striking appearance – points its powerful jet almost directly at Earth, creating an extreme cosmic lighthouse effect.

Top panel: the cluster of galaxies (white/violet) and its hot gaseous atmosphere (blue); bottom right panel: NSF VLBA image of the recently awakened central black hole and its tiny jets; bottom left panel: the first author of the article, Francesco Ubertosi, with one of the NSF VLBA antennas (Owens Valley, CA) used for the observations in the background.
Astronomers Catch Supermassive Black Hole in the Act of “Waking Up”
August 8, 2025 at 11:00 am | News Release

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA) and U.S. National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have caught a supermassive black hole in the act of awakening from a long slumber, providing an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of black hole activity.

Origins of Earth’s Water. Terrestrial H2O is thought to have been delivered several billion years ago, by a combination of cometary, asteroidal and meteoritic impacts. In contrast to previous findings, new work using the ALMA telescope shows that the isotopic (D/H) ratio in Earth’s water is consistent with delivery by Halley-type comets.
Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 am | News Release

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s…

An artist’s impression of the “Cosmic Grapes” galaxy, composed of at least 15 massive star forming clumps—far more than current theoretical models predict could exist within a single rotating disk at this early time. Image credit NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/B.Saxton.
The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”
August 7, 2025 at 8:27 am | News Release

Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding…

A view of the NSF Green Bank Telescope from the playground of the Green Bank Elementary and Middle School.
NSF Green Bank Observatory Works with Local School to Allow WiFi in the “Quiet Zone”
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is entering a new era for the “Quiet Zone”—…

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