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NRAO Image Contest Celebrates VLA 40th Anniversary
July 27, 2020 at 10:00 am | Announcement

To help celebrate the VLA’s 40th anniversary, the National Radio Astronomy is conducting an image contest, and offering cash prizes for visually compelling works that incorporate radio observational data from the VLA.

Thankful Cromartie, a NRAO Grote Reber doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia's Department of Astronomy, has received an Einstein Fellowship under the prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program.
NRAO Grote Reber Fellow Thankful Cromartie Receives Prestigious Einstein Fellowship
April 2, 2020 at 9:00 am | Announcement

Thankful Cromartie, a NRAO Grote Reber doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia’s Department of Astronomy, has received an Einstein Fellowship under the prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP).

Raytheon Company, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory entered a cooperative research and development agreement to detect and characterize near-earth asteroids.
Raytheon and the National Science Foundation radio astronomy facilities to detect dusty asteroids in space
March 3, 2020 at 8:00 am | Announcement

Raytheon Company, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory entered a cooperative research and development agreement.

EHT image of event horizon in the central supermassive black hole of M87
NRAO Jansky Fellow Kazunori Akiyama Receives 2020 ASJ Young Astronomer Award
March 2, 2020 at 10:00 am | Announcement

Kazunori Akiyama, a Jansky Fellow of NRAO at MIT Haystack Observatory, has received the 2020 Young Astronomer Award from the Astronomical Society of Japan for his contributions to the first-ever images of a black hole.

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American Astronomical Society Honors NRAO Scientists
February 26, 2020 at 11:56 am | Announcement

NRAO scientists are among the first American Astronomical Society members to receive the new honor of designation as “Fellows of the AAS.”

Data from the VLA's observations will be provided to a new signal-processing system built by the SETI Institute. This will allow an additional use -- searching for signs of extraterrestrial technologies -- for the data already being generated by the VLA.
NRAO, SETI Institute Agree on New Research Programs
February 11, 2020 at 1:25 pm | Announcement

NRAO and the SETI Institute will develop a new system to provide VLA data to an advanced signal processor that will seek to detect signs of extraterrestrial technologies.

Bruce Mues prepares to disconnect the fiber-optic cable from a VLA antenna prior to the antenna being moved.
International Group Honors NRAO Employee as Technician of the Year
February 7, 2020 at 5:45 pm | Announcement

NRAO servo technical specialist Bruce Mues is honored as Technician of the Year by international association.

18m antenna designs by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) for the ngVLA Reference Design. The GDMS design is based on the successful MeerKAT antenna design, while the NRCC design employs novel carbon fiber composite reflector technology.
Antenna Design for the Next Generation Very Large Array
December 12, 2019 at 9:00 am | Announcement

The NRAO has awarded three contracts for the conceptual design of the 18m antenna for the next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
ALMA Resumes Regular Operations
October 28, 2019 at 6:04 pm | Announcement

The management team of the Joint ALMA Observatory have decided to return to regular operations.

Artist's conception of the multi-antenna next generation VLA (ngVLA).
New NSF Support Agreement for Next Generation Very Large Array
October 9, 2019 at 8:30 am | Announcement

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an additional $4M to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated…

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