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.
New VLA Observing System Completed, Begins Scientific Operations
A new system that makes the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array two telescopes in one has been completed and its scientific operations are underway.
NRAO Media Tip Sheet September 2014
ALMA finds new organic molecule; VLA reveals details of still-forming planetary system; NRAO patent for new radio synthesizer.
Radio Telescopes Settle Controversy Over Distance to Pleiades
Astronomers have used a worldwide network of radio telescopes to resolve a controversy over the distance to a famous star cluster — a controversy that posed a potential challenge to scientists’ basic understanding of how stars form and evolve.
First of ALMA’s Fleet of Front End Handling Vehicles Delivered, Compliments of NRAO
NRAO has delivered the first of ALMA’s four new Front End Handling Vehicles (FEHV).
Japan and Republic of Korea Sign Agreement on ALMA
Korea officially joins in the East Asia ALMA consortium.