Science, Engineering, and Technology Milestones From the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

1) ALMA Takes Close-up of Matter Spiraling Toward a Black Hole: The new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope gets a close view of gas spiraling toward a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 45 million light-years away. 2)VLBA Makes Most Accurate Pulsar Distance Measurement: The accuracy of the new pulsar measurement promises to help in the quest to detect the elusive gravitational waves predicted by General Relativity. 3) NRAO Engineer Earns Patent for New 'Reflectionless' Filter: A clever new design for a signal filter could help reduce unwanted noise in the electronics that enable radio astronomy observations.

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