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 ...

In the high desert of New Mexico, a few hours southwest of Albuquerque, is the Very Large Array, or VLA for short. It’s the largest telescope in the world, using 27 individual antenna to listen to the ...

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 ...