No one said we *couldn’t* celebrate telescopes and dinos together 📡🦖 Join us at the Very Large Array for our Spring Open House on Saturday, April 18.

Free but tickets required - nraoepo.ticketapp.org/portal/produ...

#NewMexico #VeryLargeArray

The Next Generation Very Large Array - ngVLA - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Learn about how the next generation very large array (ngVLA) will take radio astronomy into the future of exploration and discovery.

What is the #ngVLA?

The Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) is a proposed, much more capable radio telescope array inspired by the NSF NRAO's #VeryLargeArray. The project proposal calls for 263 dishes across North America (most in the US Southwest).

public.nrao.edu/ngvla

April 18: Astrophotography Workshop at the VLA Learn to photograph the night sky

Want to photograph the night sky but don't know where to start? Join us at the Very Large Array for a hands-on astrophotography workshop designed with beginners in mind.

🗓️ Saturday, April 18
⏰ 5-10 PM (2 hours classroom + 2 hours shooting)

#Astrophotography #NewMexico #VeryLargeArray #Astronomy

In his new role, Hoehn will launch a major capital campaign supporting the construction of NSF NRAO’s new comprehensive STEM learning center at the NSF #VeryLargeArray site.

NSF NRAO to Host Spring 2026 VLA Open House on April 18 The latest news from the NSF's National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

NSF NRAO to Host Spring 2026 VLA Open House

The NSF Very Large Array's annual Spring Open House is Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 9 AM - 4 PM. This free, family-friendly event offers guided tours, talks by experts, hands-on activities, and more.

#Astronomy #RadioAstro #NewMexico #VeryLargeArray

Promotional graphic for a new episode of the podcast "Beyond the Breakthrough" by Associated Universities, Inc. It features a large telescope dish under a starry night sky. The text says, "Ep. 202: Capturing Dark Skies."

Listen to Associated Universities' latest podcast episode now! 🎙️🎧

YouTube: https://bit.ly/40yJJ9R
Spotify: https://bit.ly/4r5kW8v
PodBean: https://bit.ly/4cS0TGW

Join Bettymaya Foott (DarkSky Intl) + Jeff Hellerman (NRAO) as they discuss #astrophotography at the #VeryLargeArray.

➡️ Want to experience some extras you can't see at a normal visit? ⬅️

Join us at the VLA Spring Open House (free!):
🗓️ Saturday, April 18
⏰ 9 AM - 4 PM
🎟️ Advance tickets (free!) required: nraoepo.ticketapp.org/portal/produ...

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NewMexico #VeryLargeArray

NSF NRAO Selects New Mexico Firm to Design Next Generation Learning Center at the NSF Very Large Array - National Radio Astronomy Observatory NSF NRAO selects New Mexico-based Modulus Architects to design a 14,871-square-foot Next Generation Learning Center at the Very Large Array, a state-of-the-art STEM education facility expected to serv...

NSF NRAO Selects New Mexico Firm to Design Next Generation Learning Center at the NSF Very Large Array

The NRAO has selected NM–based MODULUS as the architectural firm for the Next Generation Learning Center (ngLC), a new STEM education facility.

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #ngLC

The NSF VLA in Apple TV’s PLURIBUS: The Antennas Behind the Scenes - National Radio Astronomy Observatory The U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array in New Mexico served as a filming location for Apple TV’s new series PLURIBUS, highlighting the intersection of science, storytelling, and the dra...

✍️ NEW BLOG: The NSF VLA in Apple TV’s PLURIBUS: The Antennas Behind the Scenes

Read more about the teamwork and logistics behind the Very Large Array's appearance in #Pluribus.

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #AppleTV

Informing and Inspiring the Public Through Film Jill Malusky, senior news and public information manager at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory, discusses how science films, both factual and fictional, impact the science field and the process of filming projects,...

Season 2 of AUI's podcast is here! 🎙️🎧 Join NRAO's Jill Malusky as she gives us a behind-the-scenes look at film productions — like Apple TV's #Pluribus — at the #VeryLargeArray.

Listen now:
YouTube - https://bit.ly/45yepeC
Spotify - https://bit.ly/4k93zSe
Podbean - https://bit.ly/4rpSxKV

7 Quirky Little Towns In New Mexico Dotting the fantastical, far-flung regions of New Mexico are these little towns that, despite their size, are true hubs of quirkiness.

"7 Quirky Little Towns in New Mexico" – including our friends the Village of Magdalena and Pie Town, between which the NSF Very Large Array is located! 📡

via @world-atlas.bsky.social

#NewMexico #Magdalena #PieTown #VeryLargeArray

This Is One of the Most Unique Road Trips in the U.S.—With 52 Sites Dedicated to Space, Stargazing, and UFOs New Mexico really can be out of this world.

The New Mexico Space Trail—a roadtrip of 52 historic sites related to space—includes the NSF #VeryLargeArray! 📡🌌

via AOL

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NewMexico

What are we looking at? 📡

Check out NRAO's Mission Control to see what's being observed by the #VeryLargeArray, #GreenBankTelescope and #ALMA in real time: https://public.nrao.edu/explore/mission-control/

* Current VLA Observation: VLA Survey of Supercluster Cores to Investigate Galaxy Evolution *

Radio telescopes uncover “invisible” gas around record-shattering cosmic explosion - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA have uncovered dense, “invisible” gas surrounding AT2024wpp—the brightest known fast blue optical transient—revealing that a massive star was torn a...

NEW from #AAS247: NSF Radio Telescopes Uncover “Invisible” Gas Around Record-Shattering Cosmic Explosion

#VeryLargeArray and #ALMA revealed a dense cocoon of gas around AT2024wpp aka “the Whippet" - one of the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs) ever. #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

Radio telescopes uncover “invisible” gas around record-shattering cosmic explosion - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA have uncovered dense, “invisible” gas surrounding AT2024wpp—the brightest known fast blue optical transient—revealing that a massive star was torn a...

#AAS247 NSF Radio telescopes uncover “invisible” gas around record-shattering cosmic explosion

Astronomers using the #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA have revealed a dense cocoon of gas around one of the most extreme cosmic explosions ever seen, AT2024wpp.

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #LFBOT

Astronomers discovered a new cosmic explosion in 2024, designated AT2024wpp aka “the Whippet,” ➡️ one of the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs) 🐕

Lots of data to look at, from Zwicky to Keck to the NSF #VeryLargeArray!

#AAS247 Starting now! Stay tuned for more #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA results 🌌

Cosmic Lens Reveals Hyperactive Cradle of Future Galaxy Cluster - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using the NSF’s Very Large Array and ALMA have discovered the first strongly lensed protocluster core, revealing a compact group of galaxies forming intensely just 3 billion years after th...

NEW from #AAS247: Cosmic Lens Reveals Hyperactive Cradle of Future Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers using the NSF #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA uncover the first strongly lensed protocluster core, a compact swarm of dusty, star‐bursting galaxies in the early Universe.

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

Cosmic Lens Reveals Hyperactive Cradle of Future Galaxy Cluster - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using the NSF’s Very Large Array and ALMA have discovered the first strongly lensed protocluster core, revealing a compact group of galaxies forming intensely just 3 billion years after th...

#AAS247 Cosmic Lens Reveals Hyperactive Cradle of Future Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers using the NSF #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA uncover the first strongly lensed protocluster core, a compact swarm of dusty, star‐bursting galaxies in the early Universe.

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

#AAS247 Afternoon press conference will be starting soon. Stay tuned for some #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA results!

Stars That Die Off the Beaten Path - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy,...

NEW from #AAS247: Stars That Die Off the Beaten Path

Astronomers using the #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA have drawn the first large‑scale map of potential supernova blast sites, by tracking thousands of massive, dying stars in nearby galaxy M33.

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

Stars That Die Off the Beaten Path - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy,...

#AAS247: Stars That Die Off the Beaten Path

Astronomers using the #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA have drawn the first large‑scale map of potential supernova blast sites, by tracking thousands of massive, dying stars in nearby galaxy M33.

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

NSF NRAO Radio Telescopes Help Reveal Cloud-9, a Starless Dark-Matter “Failed Galaxy” Near M94 - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using NSF’s VLA and GBT, along with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have confirmed Cloud-9 near M94 as a starless, dark-matter–dominated gas cloud—offering rare evidence for long-predicted ...

NEW from #AAS247: NSF NRAO Radio Telescopes Help Reveal Cloud-9, a Starless Dark-Matter “Failed Galaxy” Near M94

public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matte...

#AAS #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #GreenBankTelescope

Hidden Giants of the Early Universe: NSF NRAO Telescopes Help Reveal Divergent Fates of the Most Massive Galaxies - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers using NSF’s ALMA and VLA, together with the W. M. Keck Observatory, have revealed that the Universe’s most massive early galaxies followed multiple evolutionary paths—some rapidly halting ...

NEW from #AAS247: Hidden Giants of the Early Universe: NSF NRAO Telescopes Help Reveal Divergent Fates of the Most Massive Galaxies

public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-th...

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #AAS #VeryLargeArray #ALMA

First press conference of #AAS247 is starting momentarily! Stay tuned for some new #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA results.

Photograph of a large radio telescope of the Very Large Array in the foreground on the right as 3 more stretch away into the distance on the left with mountains in the background under a cloudy sky

Photograph of several radio telescopes of the Very Large Array among the scrub brush of the New Mexico high desert with mountains in the background and clouds blocking the sun in the sky

Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green helmet, clear cycling glasses, a forest green buff, a sea green long sleeve shirt, and a back pack. I’m holding up one hand wearing a fingerless cycling glove making a peace sign and behind me are some of the radio telescopes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico.

It’s a testament to my lack of route planning that I had no idea I was passing the #VLA today! 😅

So cool seeing all the telescopes move in sync as they tracked different targets. Love to see #science being done. Merry Christmas from the set of “Contact”!😉
#VeryLargeArray #BicycleTravel #BikeSky

ngVLA prototype antenna at sunrise with a full moon visible in the background. The sky is pink and blue.

The #ngVLA prototype antenna in New Mexico with the Cold Moon (December's Full Moon) earlier this month. We like to think it's pretty photogenic! 📡🌕

📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Bolton

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #NextGenerationVeryLargeArray

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A shooting star over the Very Large Array - 10/20/25

#shootingstar #stars #night #verylargearray #newmexico #bestof2025 #nature #photography #naturephotos #minnesotaphotographer #pentax

In their new site in the desert, they stand as a sundial, with the dishes of the Very Large Array visible behind them.
#NewMexico #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #Travel

The dishes of the very large array shining white as the sun begins to set

The Very Large Array, Late Afternoon into Early Evening, New Mexico, 2008, processed 2025

#blackandwhitephotography #verylargearray #newmexico