Humanity’s most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, has officially opened for astronomers at its 16,500-feet elevation site in northern Chile.
General Dynamics Enables Early Science for ALMA
Highly specialized, scientifically advanced antennas come together to capture never-before seen details about the cosmos.
Cryogenic Catering Truck Comes to ALMA
The ultimate in high altitude, high-tech catering has arrived in Chile to serve chilled provisions to the telescopes at the largest astronomical complex in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
Expanded VLA Flexing New Scientific Muscle
A new and uniquely powerful tool for cutting-edge science is emerging on the crisp, high desert of western New Mexico.
New Technique for Studying Dark Energy
Pioneering observations with the National Science Foundation’s giant Green Bank Telescope have given astronomers a new tool for mapping large cosmic structures. The new tool promises to provide valuable clues about the nature of the mysterious “dark energy” believed to constitute nearly three-fourths of the mass and energy of the Universe.
Astronomers Get New Tools for Gravitational-Wave Detection
Teamwork between gamma-ray and radio astronomers has produced a breakthrough in finding natural cosmic tools needed to make the first direct detections of the long-elusive gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago.