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ALMA Observatory in Chile, which sits at an elevation of about 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) 📡 ALMA Observatory📡 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/B.Foott



Futuristic Radio Telescope Will Spot Baby Solar Systems—If It’s Funded A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding it needs. via Scientific American Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/upgrad…






New #astrochemistry discovery using Green Bank Observatory data! 📡 public.nrao.edu/news/cosmic-ch…


NEW: From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings Astronomers using ALMA Observatory📡 discover that stellar winds help dust grains grow into planet-building pebbles, offering fresh insight into the origins of rocky planets like Earth. public.nrao.edu/news/from-star…

NEW: ALMA AGE-PRO Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks Observations of 30 protoplanetary disks change our understanding of the evolution of gas in the birthplace of exoplanets. ALMA Observatory📡 public.nrao.edu/news/alma-plan…

📡"ALMA Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks" by National Radio Astronomy Observatory | NRAO 🔗public.nrao.edu/news/alma-plan…


NEW results from SETI (using the NSF Very Large Array) presented at #AAS246: Unusual stellar nurseries found near our galaxy’s center! 🌌 The SETI Institute public.nrao.edu/news/unusual-s… 📸 Credit: J. De Buizer (SETI) / SOFIA / Spitzer / Herschel