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.
Microquasar Discoveries Win Prize for Astronomers
The discovery of microquasars within our own Milky Way Galaxy has won two astronomers a prize from the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society.
Astronomers Make a Supernova Movie
Astronomers using an international network of radio telescopes have produced a movie showing details of the expansion of debris from an exploding star.
Black Hole in a Double Star System
As scientists from the NRAO analyze a timelapse of powerful jets of material emerging from a double-star system 10,000 light-years away, new evidence from other research confirms that the source of the jets is a black hole.
VLBA Tracks Ejected Material From Mysterious X-Ray Nova
Images made with the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope show the mysterious X-ray nova in Scorpius as it ejected blobs of material at tremendous speeds over the period from August 18 to September 22, 1994.