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VLA Visitor Center Film Earns Prestigious Media Award

Posted on November 20, 2014October 23, 2019

The VLA visitor center film, Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array, received a prestigious Interpretive Media Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).

You Are in Command as NRAO’s Milky Way Explorer Tours the Solar System

Posted on September 26, 2014March 28, 2017

Milky Way Explorer tours our Solar System.

ALMA antennas on distant pads with the central antennas in the background.

ALMA Extends Its Arms: Longest baseline ever achieved for ALMA

Posted on September 24, 2014March 23, 2017

ALMA scientists successfully test an antenna 11 kilometers from its nearest neighbor — the most extended configuration yet.

Planet Uranus as seen with ALMA's Band 10 receivers.

ALMA Achieves New Observing Capabilities: High Frequency Vision Shows Uranus in New Light

Posted on September 10, 2014March 23, 2017

ALMA reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter.

SETI, Astrobiology Pioneer Awarded Jansky Lectureship

Posted on September 2, 2014March 22, 2017

The 2014 Karl G Jansky Lectureship was awarded to Dr Jill C Tarter of the SETI Institute.

First of ALMA’s Fleet of Front End Handling Vehicles Delivered, Compliments of NRAO

Posted on August 25, 2014March 28, 2017

NRAO has delivered the first of ALMA’s four new Front End Handling Vehicles (FEHV).

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