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

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…

ALMA Detects Hallmark “Wiggle” of Gravitational Instability in Planet-Forming Disk

September 4, 2024 at 11:00 am | News Release

Traditionally, planet formation has been described as a “bottom-up” process, as dust grains gradually collect into bigger conglomerations over…

Unlock the Secrets of the Invisible Radio Universe with SuperKnova®

August 28, 2024 at 8:00 am | News Release

Wireless technology is central to our modern world. You may be reading these words on a smartphone or tablet…

Astronomers Make Highest-Resolution Observations Ever from Earth

August 27, 2024 at 9:00 am | News Release

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted test observations with the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface…

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