Announcement – Page 20 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Highlight: ALMA Explores Orion’s Turbulent Border

ALMA sees transition from atomic to molecular gas in Orion.

Magdalena Teacher, Students Begin Exchange Visit to Chile

Two students and a teacher from Magdalena, New Mexico, have arrived in the Chilean town of San Pedro de Atacama as part of a Sister Cities program sponsored by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI).

ALMA Explores the Magnetic Universe

ALMA verifies its outstanding polarimetric capabilities.

ALMA Band 1 Receiver Cold Cartridge Assembly.

ALMA Board Approves Band 1 Receivers

ALMA Band 1 receiver approved by ALMA Board.

ALMA Sounds, an Interactive Project to Search for a Common Cosmic Language

ALMA Sounds to be featured at Sonar+D Festival.

First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disk

ALMA detects methanol in TW Hya.

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