The National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) are joining efforts to expand the capabilities of the world’s most powerful millimeter/ submillimeter telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
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New type of Fast Radio Burst discovered in Green Bank Telescope data
Oct 20, 2023
An international team of researchers have discovered radio pulses from the distant universe that last only millionths of a second.
Paul A. Vanden Bout awarded the 2023 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship
Oct 12, 2023
Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2023 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Paul A. Vanden Bout, Senior Scientist, Emeritus at NRAO. The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy.
German tech factory reveals antenna prototype—ngVLA will open a new window into the Universe
Sep 28, 2023
Hundreds of people gathered at mtex antenna technology in Schkeuditz for a first look at a prototype radio telescope that may one day be part one of the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescopes in the world, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NRAO) next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).