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10 Questions: Mario Vargas

10 Questions: Mario Vargas

Meet Mario Vargas, a technical specialist III at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Central Development Laboratory.

Astronomers Detect Magnetic Fingerprint of a Cosmic Explosion for the First Time

Astronomers Detect Magnetic Fingerprint of a Cosmic Explosion for the First Time

Using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) radio telescope, which is operated by the U. S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO), the team detected polarized light from a gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow for the first time at radio wavelengths.