Sentences with phrase «national radio astronomy»

That's how long radio astronomer Frank D. Drake pointed the 26 - meter telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) research facility in Green Bank, West Virginia, toward the heavens, looking for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.

As with all ALMA production receivers, this WCA was produced by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Technology Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The VLA is operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..

ALMA construction and operations are led on behalf of North America by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which is managed by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), on behalf of Europe by the European Southern Observatory, and on behalf of East Asia by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

We thank the staff of the Palomar Observatory, the W.M. Keck Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for their support of this project.

The image captured by the ALMA — by turning radio signals, which measure electromagnetic radiation, into digital signals and translating those into a visual representation — «gives an incredible view of the process of planet formation,» Tony Beasley, director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, says in a

Mizuno: In a conventional method, railroad tracks and wagons were used for antenna transportation in radio interferometers with multiple antennas like ALMA, such as the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA * Ended its scientific operations), and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA * One of the large radio telescopes operated by the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory) in New Mexico.

In order to catch this particular FRB in the act, astronomers had to use the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, located near Socorro, New Mexico, which provided more than 80 hours of observation time.

Right on schedule, a handful of X-rays were detected by NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory nine days after the merger; 16 days post-merger, Caltech assistant professor of astronomy Gregg Hallinan and his colleagues picked up the first radio photons with the Very Large Array, a collection of 27 radio telescopes in New Mexico operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Ms. Sue Ann Heatherly, West Virginia Senior Education Office of the Green Bank Observatory (formerly the National Radio Astronomy Observatory) in Green Bank, West Virginia, is the recipient of the 2017 Brennan Award.

Brett A. McGuire, a Hubble fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and colleagues plan to use the spectroscopic data they collected to figure out how this and other complex chemicals arise in outer space (Science 2018, DOI: 10.1126 / science.aao4890).

«We're accustomed to seeing how our Sun appears in visible light, but that can only tell us so much about the dynamic surface and energetic atmosphere of our nearest star,» said Tim Bastian, an astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Va. «To fully understand the Sun, we need to study it across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including the millimeter and submillimeter portion that ALMA can observe.»

«The VLBA is one of the most powerful tools in the world for astronomy,» said Paul Vanden Bout, Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the VLBA.

The VLB A, headquartered in Socorro, NM, is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..

The image captured by the ALMA — by turning radio signals, which measure electromagnetic radiation, into digital signals and translating those into a visual representation — «gives an incredible view of the process of planet formation,» Tony Beasley, director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, says in a press release Thursday.

The satellite is part of an international collaboration led by ISAS and backed by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory; NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA; the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Socorro, NM; the Canadian Space Agency; the Australia Telescope National Facility; the European VLBI Network and the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Europe.

«Gravity is the force that binds stars, planets, and galaxies together,» said Scott Ransom, a co-author and astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Va. «Though it appears on Earth to be constant and universal, there are some theories in cosmology that suggest gravity may change over time or may be different in different corners of the Universe.»

On October 17, 1957, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory came into existence.

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As many of you are aware, after almost 60 years in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, we have branched off to become a separate organization — the Green Bank Observatory.

Scientists and engineers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have made a giant leap toward the future of radio astronomy by successfully utilizing the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in conjunction with an antenna of the continent - wide Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) using the longest fiber - optic data link ever demonstrated in radio astronomy.

Dr. Kathryn Williamson joined the West Virginia University Department of Physics in January 2016 after spending 3 years as the Public Education Specialist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia.

Over 200 astronomers from all around the world have gathered in Indian Wells, California, U.S.A. to participate in the «Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawns Transformed» conference held between September 20 and 23 and organized by the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) and its partners: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

Green Bank, West Virginia, was the first home of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and we are celebrating 60 years of research and discovery this year!

Bryan Gaensler, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Dale Frail, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), in Socorro, NM, studied a pulsar that was thought to be 16,000 years old, but found instead that it is at least 40,000 years old and may be as old as 170,000 years.

As many of you are aware, after almost 60 years in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, we have branched...

The telescope was christened the «Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope» at the ceremony, which was held at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) site in Green Bank, West Virginia.

On August 23 and 25, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), a research facility of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will host a pair of events highlighting the past and future of radio astronomy.

The observations, presented in a paper led by Yali Shao (Peking University and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory), have provided intriguing insight about early supermassive black hole growth.

«These ALMA observations give us new insights into how organic molecules, the building blocks of life, form and evolve in a planet - like environment,» said Anthony Remijan, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Va., and coauthor on the paper.

The Joint ALMA Observatory set up a booth to make the progress of the ALMA project known to the astronomers from all over the world in cooperation with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Frail, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, New Mexico, along with Shri Kulkarni and Josh Bloom, astronomers at Caltech, discovered radio emission coming from a strange object 15,000 light - years away in our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Neutron Star November 17, 2010 Scientists at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have measured the most massive neutron star ever recorded.

Band 6 was produced by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and covers the wavelength range of 1.1 — 1.4 mm.

The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Docket No. 11745 (November 19, 1958) and by the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) in Document 3867/2 (March 26, 1958) to minimize possible harmful interference to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV and the radio receiving facilities for the United States Navy in Sugar Grove, WV.

This month marks both the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory here in Green Bank, and the one - year anniversary of the creation of the Green Bank Observatory.

These telescopes belong to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, for whom they produce very high - resolution images.

«We expected the burster to act at radio wavelengths much as it does at X-ray and visible wavelengths — that is, rise in brightness, then slowly become weaker,» said Dr. Dale Frail of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

The VLA is an instrument of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2017 Jansky Lectureship to South African astronomer Bernie Fanaroff for his exceptional contributions to radio astronomy and his unparalleled leadership through public service.

Drs. Alan Roy and James Ulvestad of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, together with Drs. Edward Colbert and Andrew Wilson of the Space Telescope Science Institute and the University of Maryland, used the VLBA to image a light - year - sized radio jet in NGC 4151, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy.

The VLA and VLBA are instruments of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..

Marking an important new milestone in radio astronomy history, scientists at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, New Mexico, have made the first images using a radio telescope antenna in space.

Dr. Lockman's 1990 review article on hydrogen in the Milky Way, coauthored with Dr. John M. Dickey of the University of Tasmania, is the most cited publication in the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Jeremy Lim of the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics in Taiwan; Chris Carilli, Anthony Beasley, and Ralph Marson of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, NM; and Stephen White of the University of Maryland studied the red - supergiant star Betelgeuse, about 430 light - years away in the constellation Orion.

Today started a second of a series of open meetings and workshops to allow the astronomical community to discuss and contribute to the future developments and operations of the UK's National Radio Astronomy Facility, e-MERLIN and the European VLBI Network (EVN).

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The packed receiver was sent by air from Narita to Washington on December 15, and after going through customs inspection, it arrived at the North American Front - End Integration Center operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, on December 20.

The Very Long Baseline Array is an instrument of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory announces completion of a major construction milestone on the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope — the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT).