The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, a National Science Foundation telescope in New Mexico, will join the hunt for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

Now, the University of New Mexico is stepping up to fill that role. The Very Large Array is getting an expansion to increase the radio telescope’s sensitivity and resolution. The project, […] ...

A prototype antenna for the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) radio telescope in New Mexico. If funded, the project would greatly expand U.S. radio astronomy capabilities.

The new project is called the “Next Generation Very Large Array.” The National Radio and Astronomy Observatory says the expansion will bring 260 new antennas.

UNM is getting in on the $2 billion Very Large Array expansion project, aiming to enhance radio astronomy research and collaboration in New Mexico.

Rather than look through a normal telescope eyepiece, scientists using radio telescopes study computer-generated images. New Mexico’s Very Large Array first began observing the skies in 1976 ...

Using the Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have performed radio observations of a galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed ...

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory plans to build about 260 new radio telescopes to replace the 27 at the site. UNM seeks on-campus data center for expanding Very Large Array | Local News ...

Two images from the Very Large Array in New Mexico show what a faint star looks like to a radio telescope without satellite interference, left, and with satellite interference, right.

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding it needs Sarah Scoles Wed, May 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM UTC ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, ... New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, ...