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 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.

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, with the idea of bringing a lot more visitors and even sparking new jobs near ...

During the second day, we stopped at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, a huge radio telescope used by scientists to study the cosmos. We had visited the facility more than a decade ago during a ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. There’s nothing west of Socorro for dozens of miles but a valley framed by mountains and the San Agustin plains ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Socorro is home to something pretty cool in the realm of space, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Commonly referred to as the VLA, it is a radio astronomy telescope facility.

New Mexico's Very Large Array first began observing the skies in 1976 with two antennas, which were assembled on site. The facility became fully operational using all 27 antennas in 1981. Ten years of ...

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 ...