New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

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 ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A multi-million-dollar investment is on the way for one of New Mexico’s most iconic scientific sites, ...

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. These ...

DISCOVERY OF REPEATING RADIO WAVES COMING FROM A NEIGHBORING STAR SYSTEM. AND NEW MEXICO’S VERY LARGE ARRAY PLAYED A KEY ROLE. SCIENTISTS LOOKING FOR PROTECTIVE MAGNETIC FIELDS LIKE THE ONE ON EARTH ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Employing an array of giant telescopes positioned in the New Mexico desert, astronomers have started a massive surveying project aimed at producing the most detailed view ever made of ...

SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Very Large Array (VLA) will be hosting a Spring Open House event on Saturday, April 20. The free event is open to the public and will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.