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You Are in Command as NRAO’s Milky Way Explorer Tours the Solar System

September 26, 2014 at 6:06 pm | Announcement

Milky Way Explorer tours our Solar System.

NRAO Media Tip Sheet September 2014

September 25, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Tip Sheet

ALMA finds new organic molecule; VLA reveals details of still-forming planetary system; NRAO patent for new radio synthesizer.

ALMA antennas on distant pads with the central antennas in the background.

ALMA Extends Its Arms: Longest baseline ever achieved for ALMA

September 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm | Announcement

ALMA scientists successfully test an antenna 11 kilometers from its nearest neighbor — the most extended configuration yet.

Infant Solar System Shows Signs of Windy Weather

September 22, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star, an infant analog of our own Sun.

Single frame from animation showing rotation after galactic merger

Galaxy Mergers Defy Expectations to Produce Disk Galaxies

September 17, 2014 at 1:00 am | News Release

ALMA and other radio telescopes provide the first direct evidence that merging galaxies can produce disk galaxies.

Planet Uranus as seen with ALMA's Band 10 receivers.

ALMA Achieves New Observing Capabilities: High Frequency Vision Shows Uranus in New Light

September 10, 2014 at 4:00 pm | Announcement

ALMA reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter.

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