ngVLA

News • August 9th, 2021

NSF Awards Funding for ngVLA Antenna Prototype

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) $23 million for design and development work on the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA), including producing a prototype antenna. The ngVLA, a powerful radio telescope with 263 dish antennas distributed across North America, is proposed as one ...

Conference • June 7th, 2022

Computational Astrophysics in the ngVLA Era: Synergistic Simulations, Theory, and Observations

The goal of this meeting is to bring together theoreticians, modelers, and observers to discuss the computational astrophysics and observational challenges for the next generation of observatories, focusing on the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).

Conference • January 13th, 2022

Chemical Probes of Astrophysical Systems

The NRAO and the ngVLA Project will convene a Special Session titled "Chemical Probes of Astrophysical Systems" at the winter American Astronomical Society meeting. The session's oral and poster presentations are scheduled for January 13, 2022. Click for further details. [Image credit: NRAO]

Talk • August 19th, 2021

ngVLA 2021 Summer Short Talk Series

The next-generation Very Large Array Science Advisory Council (SAC) is organizing a cycle of weekly short online talks over the summer that focus on timely open science questions. Talks are scheduled to be 20-25 min, with another 15-20 min reserved for questions from the audience. The goal of the series is to draw a contingent of early-career ...

News • June 1st, 2021

NRAO Selects Contractor for Next-Generation VLA Antenna Development

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has selected a contractor to develop a production-ready design and produce a prototype antenna for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). NRAO officials signed an agreement with mtex antenna technology GmbH of Germany on May 27.

News • February 1st, 2021

4th Round of ngVLA Community Studies Announced

As part of the process of building a final concept for the ngVLA, NRAO launched the ngVLA Community Studies program, allowing members of the scientific and engineering communities to become major contributors to this effort. Given the success of our first three rounds of ngVLA Community Studies, NRAO solicited a fourth round. Seven ...

Conference • January 14th, 2021

New Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution

[Image credit: Nicolle R. Fuller, NSF] Sensitive ground- and space-based astronomical facilities are pushing the detection of galaxies well into the Epoch of Reionization, less than 1 Gyr after the Big Bang. Such detections are allowing us to begin piecing together a picture for how and when the first galaxies formed, along with the physical ...

Workshop • December 16th, 2020

ngVLA Town Hall

The ngVLA Project Office recently held a Town Hall on the ngVLA Project status, which is now available for online viewing. There were a total of 154 participants from 17 countries. This forum provided background on the next round of ngVLA Community Studies, a funding opportunity for the community to further develop the most pressing science ...

Talk • September 10th, 2020

ngVLA 2020 Summer Short Talk Series

The next-generation Very Large Array Science Advisory Council (SAC) is organizing a cycle of weekly short online talks over the Summer that focus on timely open science questions. Talks are scheduled to be 20-25 min, with another 15-20 min reserved for questions from the audience. The goal of the series is to draw a contingent of ...

Conference • July 14th, 2020

Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena in the Multi-Messenger Era Virtual Mini-Conference

Now, at the dawn of the multi-messenger era, electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles, and gravitational waves are jointly revealing previously-hidden clues into the workings of compact objects. These clues are guiding observers, theorists, and computational researchers to new and deep insights about compact objects. Stunning progress has ...

News • February 3rd, 2020

ngVLA Project to Present to Astro2020 RMS Panel

On February 3, the ngVLA Project will make a presentation to the Astro2020 Panel on Radio, Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations from the Ground. This presentation will occur during a session open to the public. We encourage ngVLA enthusiasts to attend this presentation either in person or online.

Conference • January 7th, 2020

The Scientific Quest for High Angular Resolution

The NRAO and the ngVLA will convene a Special Session entitled "The Scientific Quest for High Angular Resolution" on 7 January 2020 at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) winter meeting. Sensitive ground- and space-based astronomical observations acquired at high angular resolution are enabling new insights across many frontier fields of ...

News • October 1st, 2019

New NSF Support Agreement for Next Generation Very Large Array

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an additional $4M to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) to fund the design and development of the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). With this funding increment, NSF has created a cooperative support agreement for this new planned radio ...

News • August 6th, 2019

ngVLA Reference Design Released

The ngVLA Reference Design is a low-technical-risk, costed concept that supports the key science goals for the facility, and forms the technical and cost basis of the ngVLA Astro2020 Decadal Survey proposal. The compendium includes a total of 56 technical documents and represents the work of more than 54 engineers and scientists contributing to ...

News • June 26th, 2019

ngVLA & SKA Projects Explore Scientific Alliance

The ngVLA and SKA projects are currently investigating a process to establish a scientific alliance that may result in an exchange of observing time across an unprecedented suite of cutting-edge telescopes spanning more than 3 orders of magnitude in observing frequency (50MHz – 116 GHz).

Workshop • June 25th, 2019

Radio/Millimeter Astrophysical Frontiers in the Next Decade June 25-27, 2019

This workshop reviewed the astrophysical frontiers identified in the Science White Papers submitted to the Astro 2020 Decadal Survey. A particular focus was those science frontiers that demand observations at centimeter and/or millimeter wavelengths across all Astro 2020 thematic areas. A broad range of innovative ideas and approaches were ...

News • December 21st, 2018

ngVLA Science Book Published

With nearly 90 chapters (850+ pages) from 285+ authors, this volume highlights key areas of astrophysics that are ripe for major breakthroughs and underscores the broad U.S. and international support for pursuing a next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). While this published volume will serve as a critical snapshot for the ngVLA project ...

Conference • January 9th, 2019

Theoretical Advances Guided by Radio-Millimeter-Submillimeter Arrays

This Special Session highlighted recent theoretical breakthroughs enabled by the VLA and ALMA, summarized planned VLA and ALMA improvements, discussed theoretical leaps that are likely to follow, and underscored the relevance of the VLA and ALMA to the science themes motivating the great observatories that will be commissioned in the next ...

Conference • January 9th, 2019

URSI National Radio Science Meeting: ngVLA Special Session

This special session at the URSI National Radio Science Meeting focused on recent technical development of the ngVLA concept and enabling technologies.

News • December 17th, 2018

updated ngVLA Science Brochure Released

A summary of the ngVLA Key Science Goals and Technical capabilities (December 17, 2018).

Science • March 8th, 2018

Discoveries of Tomorrow: Envisioning the Next Generation VLA (ngVLA)

Multi-Messenger Science & Discovery with a Next Generation Very Large Array.

News • February 15th, 2018

NRAO Contracts for Specialized Integrated Circuit for New Radio Telescope

Using new funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for exploring the design of a next-generation radio telescope, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has contracted with an integrated-circuit design firm to design and produce a specialized integrated circuit that can greatly improve the efficiency of data transmission from ...

News • November 8th, 2017

2nd Round of ngVLA Community Studies Awards Announced

As part of the process of building towards a final concept for the ngVLA, NRAO launched the ngVLA Community Studies program, allowing members of the scientific and engineering communities to become major contributors to this effort. Given the success of our first round of ngVLA Community Studies, a second round was initiated, aimed at tackling ...

News • September 14th, 2017

ngVLA Receives $11M in Development Funding

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) are launching a new initiative to design a next generation radio telescope with scientific capabilities far beyond those provided by any existing or currently proposed observatory. Funding for the new initiative was provided by the National Science ...

Science • January 11th, 2017

ngVLA Fly Through HL Tau with NRAO Telescopes

A fly through of the protoplanetary disk around HL Tau, first as seen by ALMA and the VLA, which do not have the necessary frequency coverage or angular resolution to probe into the terrestrial planet formation zone. The ngVLA will be able to peer into the center of this solar system on ~AU scales, uncovering terrestrial planets in formation ...

News • August 2nd, 2017

ngVLA Key Science Goals Documented in a Community-Led Report

This document describes some of the fundamental astrophysical problems that require observing capabilities at millimeter- and centimeter wavelengths well beyond those of existing, or already planned, telescopes. The results summarized in this report follow a solicitation from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to develop key science cases ...

Science • April 24th, 2017

ngVLA Galaxies

A fly through deep space showing the ngVLA's ability to both detect cold molecular gas, the fuel for star formation, at all redshifts. In addition to detecting these gas, the ngVLA will have the sensitivity and resolution to map and characterize this gas on kilo parsec scales as well as measure galaxy kinematics using these molecular lines.