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Artist's impression of pulsar PSR J1930-1852

Pulsar with Widest Orbit Ever Detected

Posted on May 1, 2015November 18, 2019

Students using the GBT discover pulsar with amazingly wide orbit around neutron star.

2015 Class for ‘Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program’

Posted on April 29, 2015November 20, 2019

NRAO and its ACEAP partners select 2015 education ambassadors.

2015 Jansky Lectureship Awarded to Caltech Professor

Posted on April 8, 2015March 23, 2017

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2015 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Nick Z. Scoville of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Race to Detect Gravitational Waves Advances: New NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center

Posted on March 30, 2015September 3, 2025

GBT to join the hunt for gravity waves as NSF awards NANOGrav PFC.

NRAO and STARGATE Collaboration to Spur Innovation: MOU Launches New Initiative

Posted on February 11, 2015March 23, 2017

NRAO and CARA at UT Brownsville signed an MOU to collaborate on new technology initiatives.

Screenshot of the Spanish-language version of the ALMA Explorer website.

ALMA Explorer: Virtual Tour of Revolutionary Telescope Now in Spanish

Posted on December 23, 2014March 28, 2017

NRAO has launched the Spanish version of its popular ALMA Explorer.

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