News Release – Page 105 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

First Images with Space Radio Telescope

Marking an important new milestone in radio astronomy history, scientists at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, New Mexico, have made the first images using a radio telescope antenna in space.

Bizarre Behavior of Gamma-ray Burster

Radio astronomers revealed that the first gamma-ray burster ever detected at radio wavelengths has surprised them by its erratic behavior.

VLBA Sees Curved Radio Jet in Nearby Galaxy

New observations with the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array indicate that the inner workings of active galaxies may be considerably more complex than astronomers have previously thought.

VLA Sees Magnetic Field on Distant Star

Astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have used the continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array to map for the first time the magnetic field on the surface of a star other than the Sun.

Very Large Array Detects Radio Emission from Gamma-ray Burst

Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope to make the first detection of radio emission from a cosmic gamma-ray burst.

Axis of Universe Not Seen in Data, Astronomers Say

A claim that the universe has a preferred direction is not supported by recent observational evidence, according to three astronomers who analyzed data from the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico and the WM Keck Telescope in Hawaii.

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