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In Memoriam: Dr. Fred Lo (Kwok-Yung) 1947-2016

In Memoriam: Dr. Fred Lo (Kwok-Yung) 1947-2016

    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...

Sonidos de ALMA

Sonidos de ALMA

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...

New Observational Distance Record Promises Important Tool for Studying Galaxies

New Observational Distance Record Promises Important Tool for Studying Galaxies

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...