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The Very Large Array’s successor antenna gathers first light

The ngVLA prototype radio telescope will eventually comprise 244 antennas to scan the night sky ...

The next-generation Very Large Array prototype gathers its first light

The Very Large Array, the iconic field of radio antennas featured in the film "Contact" (inspired by Carl Sagan's novel), has ...

Magnetic field necessary for life may have been discovered on alien world for first time

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...
SETI

Massive Radio Array to Search for Extraterrestrial Signals from Other Civilizations

May 1, 2023, Mountain View, CA – One of the world’s most powerful radio telescope arrays is joining the hunt for signals from other galactic civilizations. The National Science Foundation’s Karl G.

Next Generation Very Large Array antenna protype gets ‘first light’

The future of radio astronomy is happening right here in New Mexico.Scientists are celebrating a milestone for the ...
Space.com

World's largest radio telescope array pierces heart of our Milky Way: 'This is just the beginning'

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