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Animation of radar images of asteroid 2015 HM10

Image Release: Radar Observations Shine New Light on Near-Earth Asteroid

Posted on July 14, 2015November 16, 2021

Summer school astronomers image near-Earth asteroid.

Animation of the asteroid Juno as imaged by ALMA

Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation

Posted on April 7, 2015March 22, 2017

ALMA images asteroid Juno on its journey through solar system.

Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation

Posted on March 27, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA images asteroid Juno on its journey through solar system.

Image Release: Venus Revealed in Radio Light

Posted on March 9, 2015November 16, 2021

GBT partners with Arecibo to reveal the hidden surface of Venus.

Image Release: High-Def Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid

Posted on January 30, 2015March 28, 2017

GBT helps with landmark observation of near-Earth asteroid.

Artists's conception of Saturn and its moons

Improved Saturn Positions Help Spacecraft Navigation, Planet Studies, Fundamental Physics

Posted on January 8, 2015March 23, 2017

Scientists have used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system and NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to measure the position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about a mile — at a range of nearly a billion miles.

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