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The NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) The National Radio Astronomy Observatory strongly believes that a diverse staff is critical to our mission of enabling world-class science with cutting edge radio facilities for the scientific community, to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, and to foster a scientifically literate society. Headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was founded in 1957 by the National Science Foundation and Associated Universities, Inc. The Observatory operates, maintains, and further develops two state-of-the-art radio telescope arrays that are impacting nearly every field of astrophysics. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), located in northern Chile, is a joint international partnership between North America, Europe, East Asia, and the Republic of Chile. Composed of 66 high-precision antennas on a 5000-meter elevation site in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it is the largest ground based global astronomy endeavor in history. The ALMA Science Center is located at the NRAO headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Jansky Very Large Array is located in central New Mexico and is composed of 25 radio telescopes. The site sits at a 2124-meter elevation and routinely delivers dramatic science results from the Solar System to the most distant galaxies. The Pete V. Domenici Science Operations Center is located in Socorro, New Mexico. The technology research and development behind the NRAO telescopes is housed at the NRAO Central Development Laboratory in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they embrace a science-driven research and development program that supports the astronomy community’s highest priority science goals.
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From #AAS245: "Double the Disks, Double the Discovery: New Insights into Planet Formation in DF Tau" ALMA observations of the binary star system DF Tau, along with other systems in this region, reveal unexpected new ways planets may form. Research indicates that disk evolution isn’t strictly a function of time, but that other processes are at play. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dyjDVAA2 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/B. Saxton
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From #AAS245: "Young Stars in the Milky Way’s Backyard Challenge Our Understanding of How They Form" JWST and ALMA reveal hidden clusters of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), revealing how some of the first stars in the universe were born. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g_f-F-9w 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/S. Dagnello
Young Stars in the Milky Way’s Backyard Challenge Our Understanding of How They Form - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Calling all undergrad and graduate students looking for summer research opportunities! Applications are now open for the 2025 summer student program at the NSF NRAO/GBO. #AAS245 🚨 Deadline February 1 🚨 https://lnkd.in/gSa2f-Vt
Summer Student Research Assistantships at NRAO/GBO
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From #AAS245: "Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole" International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before! ➡️ Using data from NASA missions and other facilities including the NSF NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) ✨ Features: Launch of a plasma jet moving at nearly 1/3 the speed of light + Unusual, rapid X-ray fluctuations likely arising from near the very edge of the black hole 🌌 Source: 1ES 1927+654, a galaxy located about 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. It harbors a central black hole with a mass equivalent to about 1.4 million Suns. https://lnkd.in/gt37D6Q8 Artist Impression Credit: NASA/Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University Radio Images Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/Meyer at al. 2025
Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Astronomers using the NSF’s Very Large Array (VLA) have discovered a helical magnetic field in the HH 80-81 protostellar jet, similar to the structures found in jets emanating from supermassive black holes. The new findings provide strong evidence that helical magnetic fields are a universal mechanism for collimating astrophysical jets – guiding these jets and preventing them from dispersing into space – regardless of scale or origin. Read more - https://lnkd.in/gpKDQAgh
Helical Magnetic Fields: A Universal Mechanism for Jet Collimation?
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The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) took the Observatory’s new portable Starlab planetarium on its debut outreach to the To’hajiilee Community School, a part of the Navajo Nation, located 30 minutes west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The new Starlab was made possible thanks to the support of the Very Large Array Membership Program. https://lnkd.in/gRSzTgpx
NSF NRAO Brings the Night Sky to You - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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The NSF NRAO invites scientists to participate in the Semester 2025B Call for Proposals: Very Large Array (VLA) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) High Sensitivity Array (HSA) Global mm VLBI Array (GMVA) Submission deadline: 29 January 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gqQitgAd
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