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Something is Lurking in the Heart of Quasar 3C 279
Something is Lurking in the Heart of Quasar 3C 279
April 7, 2020 at 9:09 am | News Release

The Event Horizon Telescope has observed the finest detail ever seen in a jet produced by a supermassive black hole.

NRAO Grote Reber Fellow Thankful Cromartie Receives Prestigious Einstein Fellowship
NRAO Grote Reber Fellow Thankful Cromartie Receives Prestigious Einstein Fellowship
April 2, 2020 at 9:00 am | Announcement

Thankful Cromartie, a NRAO Grote Reber doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia’s Department of Astronomy, has received an Einstein Fellowship under the prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP).

The Strange Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
The Strange Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
March 19, 2020 at 10:00 am | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary disks around binary stars.

Raytheon and the National Science Foundation radio astronomy facilities to detect dusty asteroids in space
Raytheon and the National Science Foundation radio astronomy facilities to detect dusty asteroids in space
March 3, 2020 at 8:00 am | Announcement

Raytheon Company, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory entered a cooperative research and development agreement.

EHT image of event horizon in the central supermassive black hole of M87
NRAO Jansky Fellow Kazunori Akiyama Receives 2020 ASJ Young Astronomer Award
March 2, 2020 at 10:00 am | Announcement

Kazunori Akiyama, a Jansky Fellow of NRAO at MIT Haystack Observatory, has received the 2020 Young Astronomer Award from the Astronomical Society of Japan for his contributions to the first-ever images of a black hole.

American Astronomical Society Honors NRAO Scientists
American Astronomical Society Honors NRAO Scientists
February 26, 2020 at 11:56 am | Announcement

NRAO scientists are among the first American Astronomical Society members to receive the new honor of designation as “Fellows of the AAS.”

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