2 June 2016 New Observational Distance Record Promises Important Tool for Studying Galaxies Astronomers have used new capabilities of the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to open a whole new realm of research into how galaxies evolve and interact with their surroundings over cosmic time. They detected the faint...
By Gideon Long, BBC News, Chajnantour Plateau, Chile 29 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright GIDEON LONGImage caption The dishes measure up to 12m (39ft) in diameter On a bitterly cold afternoon, a small team of engineers moves slowly across Chile's Chajnantor plateau. Bundled up against the biting wind, they...
A group of nine outreach and education professionals from across the United States and Puerto Rico was selected to be the 2016 class for the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP), an immersive astronomy outreach and awareness program sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). These ambassadors, each of whom has a...
On 20 November 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) to manage the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) through a new 10-year cooperative agreement. The new agreement includes the operation of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), the North American share of the international Atacama...