The Very Large Array (VLA) is a collection of 27 radio antennas located at the NRAO site in Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna in the array measures 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter and weighs about 230 ...

SOCORRO, N.M. – The Very Large Array near Socorro is scanning space frequencies and life, and it’s been doing that for decades. Soon, we can expect to see that Very Large Array to expand. A new $2 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Earlier this summer, a $2 billion expansion at the Very Large Array was announced. “It’s a new frontier in science observations, for sure,” said Eric Murphy, project scientist for ...

The Very Large Array will look for artificially produced radio signals. Image: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, ...

SOCORRO, N.M. (KRQE) – Big changes are coming to the Very Large Array in Socorro County, doing away with the VLA as we know it all in the name of science. “It’s a gem just right here in our own ...

A new and uniquely powerful tool for cutting-edge science is emerging on the crisp, high desert of western New Mexico. Outwardly, it looks much the same as the famed Very Large Array (VLA), a radio ...

In early July, we returned to the Southwest for a drive across New Mexico. During the second day, we stopped at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, a huge radio telescope used by scientists to study ...

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published its report and the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) received high priority for ...