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Artists's conception of Saturn and its moons

Improved Saturn Positions Help Spacecraft Navigation, Planet Studies, Fundamental Physics

January 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm | News Release

Scientists have used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system and NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to measure the position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about a mile — at a range of nearly a billion miles.

NRAO’s Top 10 Radio Hits of 2014

December 29, 2014 at 3:17 pm | Announcement

Looking back at the science news released by NRAO in 2014, the staff scientists at NRAO selected what they believed were the top 10 stories based on both scientific impact and public interest.

Screenshot of the Spanish-language version of the ALMA Explorer website.

ALMA Explorer: Virtual Tour of Revolutionary Telescope Now in Spanish

December 23, 2014 at 5:16 pm | Announcement

NRAO has launched the Spanish version of its popular ALMA Explorer.

Applications Accepted Now for Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

December 12, 2014 at 7:30 pm | News Release

Applications to become an ACEAP ambassador are being accepted now.

Attendees at the ALMA Conference in Tokyo.

Astronomers from around the World Share Remarkable ALMA Results

December 12, 2014 at 3:18 pm | Announcement

Astronomers met in Japan to discuss latest results from ALMA.

Artist's impression of collisions in outer solar system

Swarms of Pluto-Size Objects Kick Up Dust around Adolescent Sun-Like Star

December 11, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA may have detected Pluto-size objects swarming around a Sun-like star.

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