The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), named for an engineer who detected radio waves coming from outer space in 1931, began operating in 1980 and is run by the National Radio Astronomy ...

A prototype antenna for the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) radio telescope in New Mexico. If funded, the project would greatly expand U.S. radio astronomy capabilities.

Most radio telescopes, like the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile, are in areas far from any source of interference. But a new site designed to test technologies and interference solutions ...

The new project is called the “Next Generation Very Large Array.” The National Radio and Astronomy Observatory says the expansion will bring 260 new antennas.

Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

“There’s fierce international competition in radio astronomy, with multiple major projects like the Square Kilometre Array in the southern hemisphere and the Next Generation Very Large Array ...

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory plans to build about 260 new radio telescopes to replace the 27 at the site. UNM seeks on-campus data center for expanding Very Large Array | Local News ...

UNM is getting in on the $2 billion Very Large Array expansion project, aiming to enhance radio astronomy research and collaboration in New Mexico.

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks like a home satellite dish on steroids. When the antennas are pointed ...

Two images from the Very Large Array in New Mexico show what a faint star looks like to a radio telescope without satellite interference, left, and with satellite interference, right. G. Taylor ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks like a home satellite dish on steroids. When the antennas are pointed ...