NRAO Mission Control

This map shows the entire sky surrounding Earth, and the color-coded shapes mark where each telescope is pointing in real time! If you see a celestial object that you want to learn more about, feel free to ask an astronomer.

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VLA in the News

Unveiling the Birth Secrets of Massive Stars with the NSF NRAO Very Large Array

By observing the young star HW2 in Cepheus A, located 2300 light years...

NSF VLA Contributes Crucial Puzzle Piece to ‘Peculiar’ High Energy Transient

High-energy transient signals are most often determined to be gamma-ray burst events, but the...

Helical Magnetic Fields: A Universal Mechanism for Jet Collimation?

New observations from the National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NSF NRAO) Karl...
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ALMA in the News

exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed

A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt...

ALMA Detects First-Ever Hydrogen Recombination Lines From Proplyd Disks in Densely Packed Orion Nebula Cluster

Most stars form in clusters, where hundreds to thousands of stars coevolve in proximal...

A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe

The ALMA Observatory, in collaboration with its partners, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan...
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GBT in the News

NSF Green Bank Telescope Gets a New Coat of Protection

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is embarking on a...

Black Hole Jets Reveal New Insights into the Most Powerful Phenomena in the Universe

An international team of astronomers has made significant strides in understanding the mysterious jets...

Astronomers Discover Magnetic Loops Around Supermassive Black Hole

NGC 1068 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole...
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