The Central Development Laboratory is often hidden behind the headlines of scientific discovery, but it’s research and development creates the tools radio astronomers use every day.
Radio Jupiter: Seeing the Giant Planet in a New Light
By looking at Jupiter in radio light, ALMA and the VLA reveal a world hidden by its layers of clouds.
Featured Video: Black Hole Eats Star
Join Melissa Hoffman of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for a tour of one of the most disruptive events in Universe.
From Cells To Galaxies And Beyond
The methods used in medical imaging and radio astronomy have many similarities. A group of scientists want to build on those similarities in the cells to galaxies project.
‘Moon-forming’ Circumplanetary Disk Discovered in Distant Star System
ALMA has made the first-ever observations of a circumplanetary disk.
Planetary Rings of Uranus ‘Glow’ in Cold Light
Using the both ALMA and the VLT, astronomers have imaged the cold, rock-strewn rings encircling the planet Uranus. Rather than observing the reflected sunlight from these rings, ALMA and the VLT imaged the millimeter and mid-infrared “glow” naturally emitted by the frigidly cold particles of the rings themselves.