On behalf of AUI and the Board of Trustees Associated Universities, Incorporated regrets to inform the community that Fred Lo (Kwok-Yung), Distinguished Astronomer and Director Emeritus of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, passed away last week after a brief illness. AUI recruited Dr. Lo as Director of NRAO in 2002, and he...
The launch of the first prospectus concerning education and the dissemination of astronomy in Chile In a well-attended ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chile, "Reaching for the Stars: Findings of the Chile-U.S. Astronomy Education and Outreach Summit," was officially released. The document represents the largest national effort in...
https://vimeo.com/170847460 Sonidos de ALMA es un punto de encuentro entre la radioastronomía captada por el Atacama Large Millimeter/submilliter Array (ALMA) y la música de quienes quieran crear obras a partir de observaciones del radiotelescopio más importante del mundo. Nació de la inquietud recurrente de artistas y astrónomos por comprender y...
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...