The Very Large Array can’t image a big section of sky all at once. Instead, it must scan the sky over time. The VLA Sky Survey is using this method to create a map of nearly 80% of the observable sky. Join our host Summer Ash of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory as she talks about how the VLA is taking the time to see the big picture of the radio sky.
VLA Helps Astronomers Make New Discoveries About Star-Shredding Events
New studies using the VLA and other telescopes have added to our knowledge of what happens when a black hole shreds a star, but also have raised new questions that astronomers must tackle.
Featured Video: Rotating Galaxy Disks in the Early Universe
Episode 6 of The Baseline Series explores how galaxies form ordered rotating disks in the early Universe.
The Very Large Array: Astronomical Shapeshifter
When the Very Large Array was completed forty years ago, it was a different kind of radio telescope. Rather…
Catching a Radio Surprise
The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is an ambitious project to make a high-resolution radio map of nearly…
Featured Video: The Very Large Array at 40
Join our host Melissa Hoffman as she talks about the history of the VLA and some of the remarkable objects it has discovered!