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That one time over a decade ago when I happened to drive by the Very Large Array(I didn't even know it was there😂) right as a massive storm rolled through. That's why they call me Lucky I guess😉 @thenrao.bsky.social

With a proposed 263 telescopes spanning nearly 9,000 km (214 of the dishes being concentrated in the U.S. Southwest), the Next Generation Very Large Array is expected to have about 10x the sensitivity and 10x the spatial resolution of the current Very Large Array or ALMA! #Astronomy #ngVLA

New paper using ALMA data has been featured on Science! https://www.science.org/content/article/missing-wind-milky-way-s-giant-black-hole-finally-found #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #BlackHole

NEW: Astronomers Share Largest Molecular Survey To-date: GOTHAM Legacy Data Goes Public The “GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules” research survey - aka GOTHAM - dataset, charting more than 100 molecular species, is now publicly available. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ScienceNews

NEW: Astronomers Map Mysterious “Dark” Gas in the Milky Way For the first time, astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope have created a large-scale map of a mysterious form of matter known as CO-dark molecular gas. #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #GreenBankTelescope #NRAO

Deadline extended to Monday, October 27! science.nrao.edu/opportunitie...

NEW: Astronomers Spot Magnetically-Guided Streamer Funneling Star-Building Material into Newborn System in Perseus Imagine a garden hose, but instead of water, it’s smoothly delivering star-building material in a winding path carved by invisible forces. #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA

Calling all early career scientists! The NSF NRAO invites applications for the 2026 Jansky Fellowship Program. 🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨 Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky

#OnThisDay Dedication of the NRAO - October 17, 1957. Hard to believe it's been 68 years! 👤 From left: Richard M. Emberson, Lloyd V. Berkner, G. A. Nay, John W. Findlay, Ned L. Ashton, David S. Heeschen, H. Hockenberry, with model of 140 Foot Telescope #OTD #FlashbackFriday #NRAO #RadioAstronomy

Thanks to all who joined us at the VLA Fall Open House this past weekend! 📡 We appreciate you braving the weather and spending the day with us. 🗓️ Stay tuned for our next VLA Open House which will be in April 2026, date TBD. #VeryLargeArray #VLA #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #NewMexico

NEW: Astronomers Discover Fastest-Evolving Radio Signals Ever Observed from Black Hole Tearing The team - using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA along with several partner telescopes - discovered the first radio-bright tidal disruption event (TDE) outside a galaxy’s center. #RadioAstronomy #NRAO

NEW: First-ever Detection of “Heavy Water” in a Planet-forming Disk Could the water in your morning cup of coffee could be older than the Sun? 🤔 New ALMA data reveals ancient water in a planet-forming disk that predates the birth of the star itself. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA

#astronomy #radioastronomy #alma #interferometry

This is me in 1993 standing in an array I’ve been told is very large.

NRAO Very Large Array (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Magdalena, New Mexico Travel asks for openness. Unique places offer reflection. We arrived with care. The silence welcomed us. We left changed. #photography #NewMexico #Magdelananm #astronomy #observatory #radioastronomy

🚨 ALMA Ambassadors Program Cycle 13 - Application Deadline October 31, 2025! 🚨 Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise. Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/

NEW: Astronomers Detect Lowest Mass Dark Object Yet in Distant Universe Astronomers using the NSF VLBA and the NSF GBT have detected an enigmatic dark object with a mass about one million times that of our Sun, without observing any emitted light. #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #DarkMatter

NEW: Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA

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Dr. Jean Turner, who has been awarded the 2025 Jansky Lectureship, will deliver the 60th Annual Jansky Lecture, "Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters" : 📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30 📍Green Bank, WV - November 2 📍 Socorro, NM - November 21 More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...

SANTA FE - Come learn about the future of astronomy in New Mexico! 📡 #SantaFe Join the NRAO at Santa Fe Community College this Wednesday for a discussion and Q&A session about the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) project. #ngVLA 🗓️ Wed, October 8 ⏰ 6:00 - 7:00 MDT 📍SFCC Lecture Hall #216

See you there! #AAS247

The Green Bank Observatory will host a virtual GBT Observer Training workshop from November 4-7. This will be a FULLY REMOTE training workshop, meant primarily for people who will observe with the GBT in the near future. Application deadline: October 10. greenbankobservatory.org/events/nov-2...

NEW: NRAO to Outfit the VLBA with New Ultra Wideband Receivers A major upgrade is coming to the NSF Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA) – state-of-the-art ultra wideband receivers capable of operating across the frequency range of 8 - 40 gigahertz (GHz). #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #VLBA

Ever wanted to experience the magnitude of the Very Large Array in-person? Now's your chance! Please join us at the #VLA Fall Open House for a free day of tours and talks on Saturday, October 11. Admission is free, but advance tickets are required: nraoepo.ticketapp.org/portal/produ... #Astronomy

Flashback: DYK? In 2015, ALMA received its first art exhibit: a golf ball of enormous proportions by artist Dagmara Wyskiel, displayed alongside the antennas on the Chajnantor Plateau. Read More: www.eso.org/public/image... 🔭 📷 ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Pablo Carillo

Fun fact: New Mexico is home to one of the world’s most important space research facilities. The Very Large Array is a resource for scientists around the world, helping them see into space and unlock cutting edge research that benefits all of us.

Ever wanted to experience the magnitude of the Very Large Array in-person? Now's your chance! Please join us at the #VLA Fall Open House for a free day of tours and talks on Saturday, October 11. Admission is free, but advance tickets are required: nraoepo.ticketapp.org/portal/produ... #Astronomy

NEW: Brightest Ever Fast Radio Burst Allows Researchers To Identify Its Origin The FRB, discovered using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) and NASA's JWST, has been nicknamed RBFLOAT - Radio Brightest FLash Of All Time. #Astronomy #FRB #FastRadioBurst

Happy National Dog Day from the VLA! 🐕📡 Well-behaved pups are welcome in all outdoor public areas at the Very Large Array as long as they are kept on a leash no longer than 6 feet. #NationalDogDay #VeryLargeArray #Astronomy

Vote to bring NSF-Simons CosmicAI's panel “Revolutionizing Astronomy + AI with Next Generation Big Data” to SXSW! Vote by: 💻 Registering for a SXSW account ❤️ Then clicking the heart Open now til Aug 24: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx... #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #CosmicAI

NEW: Satellite Internet Meets Space Science: A Groundbreaking Solution for Spectrum Sharing NSF NRAO and SpaceX join forces to reduce radio interference, paving the way for uninterrupted astronomical discoveries and national connectivity. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SpectrumManagement #RFI

NEW: NSF VLBA Peers Into the "Eye of Sauron" to Solve Cosmic Neutrino Mystery VLBA radio observations reveal why a distant blazar appears sluggish yet blazes brightly – its powerful jet points almost directly at Earth, creating a "searchlight" effect. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NRAO #VLBA #Blazar

NEW: Astronomers (Using NSF VLA + VLBA) Catch Supermassive Black Hole in the Act of “Waking Up” "This is like watching a sleeping giant wake up... It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to study the ‘before’ picture of black hole feedback.” #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VLA #VLBA #NRAO #BlackHole

NEW: Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth ALMA observations show that water from a comet (Halley-type 12P/Pons-Brooks) is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s oceans, strengthening the theory that comets helped make our planet habitable. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #NRAO #Comet

NEW: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes” Super high-resolution #ALMA and #JWST observations unveil unexpected details of rapid growth in a faint, newborn “grape-like” galaxy, similar to galaxies in the early universe following the Big Bang. 🍇 #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO

NEW: Green Bank Observatory Works with Local School to Allow WiFi in the “Quiet Zone” The NSF Green Bank Observatory is entering a new era — allowing the use of WiFi (only at 2.4 GHz) at the Green Bank Elementary-Middle School, which sits next door to the NSF Green Bank Telescope. #QuietZone #GBO

I think my favorite part was coming down into that valley and seeing the whole array spread out before us! Great informative tour that we could take at our own pace, too. Getting up close to one of the dishes was the best part of the tour!

Hi @thenrao.bsky.social! We had fun visiting you a couple weeks ago!

Radio #ImageoftheWeek 📡 Construction of the first NSF Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA) antenna - Pie Town, NM - circa 1986. See more VLBA photos from the Archives: nrao.edu/archives/col... 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO #Throwback #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VLBA #VeryLongBaselineArray #NRAO

Girls will be like "I needed this" and it's literally just skies dark enough to see all the stars ✨ (It's us, we're the girls) 📍 Very Large Array - New Mexico 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/Bettymaya Foott #Astrophotography #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #VLA #VisitVLA #NRAO

NEW: Groundbreaking Magnetic Field Discovery Near Massive Protostar Made Possible by NSF NRAO’s Very Large Array For the first time, astronomers detected circular polarization in radio emission from a massive protostar! #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #VeryLargeArray #VLA #Protostar

NEW: Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way The newly discovered "Midpoint cloud" offers a rare glimpse into star formation and the dynamic flow of galactic material toward the Milky Way's center. #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #MilkyWay

NEW: Space’s Spinning Enigma: A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics Breakthrough collaboration between multiple telescopes – including Green Bank Telescope – reveals most unusual Long-Period Radio Transient (LPT) ever found, named CHIME J1634+44. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #GBT

#Astronomy community, this month's issue of the NRAO Newsletter is now available! Read here: science.nrao.edu/enews/18.7/ Learn more about upcoming workshops/conferences, a new partnership with Texas Tech, the VLA+VLBA to ngVLA Transition Report, and more. #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #NRAO

public.nrao.edu Very large array New Mexico have you ever seen the movie contact with Jodie Foster? I was here and it’s awesome. I definitely recommend this and the nearby white sands national Park. I also recommend this area.

So like, the dishes are Very Large, *and also* their array (in its various settings/distances) is Very Large! #VLA #NRAO

The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. #gbt #greenbank #greenbanktelescope #westvirginia #nikonz6iii

I Love Lamp 💡 Outside the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), fixtures are used sparingly to prevent light pollution. As you can imagine, none of these stars would have been visible if the light were on! 📸 Credit: NSF/ AUI/ NSF NRAO/ B.Foott #RadioAstronomy #Astrophotography #Astronomy #ALMA