Ten high school students have been awarded for academic achievement, community involvement and leadership skills.
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NSF NRAO Leads Future of U.S. Radio Astronomy with First Light from Next Generation Very Large Array Prototype
The proposed array’s design will improve on the sensitivity and spatial resolution—with 10 times the effective collecting area and resolution—over the current NSF VLA and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array at the same wavelengths.
VLBA Maps Turbulent ‘Weather’ in the Milky Way
Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA), operated by the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO), have made the first clear, radio-wavelength detection of how turbulent gas in our own Galaxy distorts light from a distant quasar.
AUI and Managed Facilities to Attend AAS 244
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The National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Green Bank Observatory (GBO) will present at the 244th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Madison, Wisconsin, from June 9-13. The full schedule is as follows:
Circumstellar Disk Lifetimes (Press Conference)
Monday, June 10
10:15 a.m. CT
Press Room
CARTA: The Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy
Tuesday, June 11
9:30 a.m. CT
Exb Theater
SuperKnova: Broadening Participation in STEM through E-Learning
Tuesday, June 11
10:00 a.m. CT
Ballroom A
Dust-free Clouds in the Galactic Disk with Toney Minter, GBO (Press Conference)
Tuesday, June 11
10:15 a.m. CT
Press Room
Twin Jets and Disks: JWST MIRI and ALMA Discoveries (Press Conference)
Wednesday, June 12
10:15 a.m. CT
Press Room
Please note: locations and times are subject to change. Refer to the official AAS block schedule for the latest information.
Conference attendees are encouraged to visit booth 19 in the Exhibit Hall to learn about the latest discoveries and initiatives at AUI and its managed facilities and their latest projects. The NRAO and GBO will also be exhibiting at booths 21 and 27, respectively.
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NSF NRAO Leads Future of U.S. Radio Astronomy with First Light from Next Generation Very Large Array Prototype
The proposed array’s design will improve on the sensitivity and spatial resolution—with 10 times the effective collecting area and resolution—over the current NSF VLA and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array at the same wavelengths.
VLBA Maps Turbulent ‘Weather’ in the Milky Way
Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA), operated by the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO), have made the first clear, radio-wavelength detection of how turbulent gas in our own Galaxy distorts light from a distant quasar.