UPDATE: The NSF Very Large Array Open House planned for Saturday, October 10, 2026, is canceled due to road damage from recent flooding and the subsequent closure of St. Rt. 60.
Read more: public.nrao.edu/news/fall-open…
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Meet NGC 253, aka the Sculptor Galaxy! 🌌 At ~11.5 million light-years from Earth, it is one of the closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way. Starburst galaxies transmute gas into new stars up to 1,000 times faster than typical spiral galaxies!
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#ThrowbackThursday Did you know that the Very Large Array helped with NASA’s Voyager 2 mission? 🛰️
The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in 1989.
NEW ➡️ Cosmic Cocktail: Exotic Methanol Discovered in Planet-Building Zones
New results from COMPASS! A major survey of young stars by @almaobs has spotted a rare form of heavy methanol - the first time this molecule has been detected in space.
In lieu of the in-person VLA Open House (which was canceled due to road damage from flooding) the planned talks will be livestreamed with Q&A on NRAO’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
🗓️ Saturday, October 10 ⤵️