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VLA Reveals Bashful Black Hole in Neighboring Galaxy

June 17, 2015 at 3:45 pm | News Release

Thanks to the extraordinary sensitivity of the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have detected what they believe is the long-sought radio emission coming from a supermassive black hole at the center of one of our closest neighboring galaxies.

Astronomers ‘Unscramble’ Einstein Ring to Reveal Star Formation in the Distant Universe

June 8, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign reveals hidden views of lensed galaxy SDP.81.

Artist illustration of a reflectionless filter

NRAO and Mini-Circuits Forge New Partnership

May 8, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

NRAO and Mini-Circuits entered into a licensing agreement to use NRAO-developed technology.

Proto Super Star Cluster

May 7, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

ALMA finds first example ever of globular cluster about to be born.

Artist's impression of pulsar PSR J1930-1852

Pulsar with Widest Orbit Ever Detected

May 1, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

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

2015 Class for ‘Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program’

April 29, 2015 at 3:30 pm | News Release

NRAO and its ACEAP partners select 2015 education ambassadors.

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