National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the U.S. National Science Foundation. #RadioAstronomy
📡 VLA, ALMA, VLBA, GBT, ngVLA
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Hi Bluesky! 👋 We are the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO). #RadioAstronomy
Telescopes:
📡 Very Large Array (VLA)
📡 Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
📡 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
📡 Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
📡 Next Generation VLA (ngVLA)
🔗: public.nrao.edu
Telescopes:
📡 Very Large Array (VLA)
📡 Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
📡 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
📡 Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
📡 Next Generation VLA (ngVLA)
🔗: public.nrao.edu
The NRAO is in Görlitz, Germany this week at the Astronomical Data Analysis and Software Systems (#ADASS) astro-computing conference!
We are looking forward to discussing #ngVLA, #ALMA, #GreenBank, data formats, telescope operations, machine learning, and AI with our DZA colleagues. #ADASS2025
We are looking forward to discussing #ngVLA, #ALMA, #GreenBank, data formats, telescope operations, machine learning, and AI with our DZA colleagues. #ADASS2025
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The NRAO is in Görlitz, Germany this week at the Astronomical Data Analysis and Software Systems (#ADASS) astro-computing conference!
We are looking forward to discussing #ngVLA, #ALMA, #GreenBank, data formats, telescope operations, machine learning, and AI with our DZA colleagues. #ADASS2025
We are looking forward to discussing #ngVLA, #ALMA, #GreenBank, data formats, telescope operations, machine learning, and AI with our DZA colleagues. #ADASS2025
#Hiring The NSF NRAO is seeking an Assistant Director for Facilities and Administration (Charlottesville, VA).
The AD is the chief administrative officer for the Observatory - business administration and other support services.
Apply: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/aui/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/767
The AD is the chief administrative officer for the Observatory - business administration and other support services.
Apply: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/aui/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/767
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Hiring The NSF NRAO is seeking an Assistant Director for Facilities and Administration (Charlottesville, VA).
The AD is the chief administrative officer for the Observatory - business administration and other support services.
Apply: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/aui/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/767
The AD is the chief administrative officer for the Observatory - business administration and other support services.
Apply: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/aui/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/767
Support the Very Large Array (VLA) by joining our Membership Program today!
Inspire the next generation of scientists by supporting K-12 #astronomy and #STEM education initiatives - for as low as $25/year!
Join today: https://public.nrao.edu/join
Inspire the next generation of scientists by supporting K-12 #astronomy and #STEM education initiatives - for as low as $25/year!
Join today: https://public.nrao.edu/join
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Support the Very Large Array (VLA) by joining our Membership Program today!
Inspire the next generation of scientists by supporting K-12 #astronomy and #STEM education initiatives - for as low as $25/year!
Join today: https://public.nrao.edu/join
Inspire the next generation of scientists by supporting K-12 #astronomy and #STEM education initiatives - for as low as $25/year!
Join today: https://public.nrao.edu/join
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That one time over a decade ago when I happened to drive by the Very Large Array(I didn't even know it was there😂) right as a massive storm rolled through. That's why they call me Lucky I guess😉
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October 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
That one time over a decade ago when I happened to drive by the Very Large Array(I didn't even know it was there😂) right as a massive storm rolled through. That's why they call me Lucky I guess😉
@thenrao.bsky.social
@thenrao.bsky.social
With a proposed 263 telescopes spanning nearly 9,000 km (214 of the dishes being concentrated in the U.S. Southwest), the Next Generation Very Large Array is expected to have about 10x the sensitivity and 10x the spatial resolution of the current Very Large Array or ALMA!
#Astronomy #ngVLA
#Astronomy #ngVLA
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
With a proposed 263 telescopes spanning nearly 9,000 km (214 of the dishes being concentrated in the U.S. Southwest), the Next Generation Very Large Array is expected to have about 10x the sensitivity and 10x the spatial resolution of the current Very Large Array or ALMA!
#Astronomy #ngVLA
#Astronomy #ngVLA
New paper using ALMA data has been featured on Science!
https://www.science.org/content/article/missing-wind-milky-way-s-giant-black-hole-finally-found
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #BlackHole
https://www.science.org/content/article/missing-wind-milky-way-s-giant-black-hole-finally-found
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #BlackHole
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*
www.science.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New paper using ALMA data has been featured on Science!
https://www.science.org/content/article/missing-wind-milky-way-s-giant-black-hole-finally-found
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #BlackHole
https://www.science.org/content/article/missing-wind-milky-way-s-giant-black-hole-finally-found
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA #BlackHole
NEW: Astronomers Share Largest Molecular Survey To-date: GOTHAM Legacy Data Goes Public
The “GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules” research survey - aka GOTHAM - dataset, charting more than 100 molecular species, is now publicly available.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ScienceNews
The “GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules” research survey - aka GOTHAM - dataset, charting more than 100 molecular species, is now publicly available.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ScienceNews
Astronomers Share Largest Molecular Survey To-date: GOTHAM Legacy Data Goes Public - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A groundbreaking new dataset from the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT) is now publicly available,...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NEW: Astronomers Share Largest Molecular Survey To-date: GOTHAM Legacy Data Goes Public
The “GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules” research survey - aka GOTHAM - dataset, charting more than 100 molecular species, is now publicly available.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ScienceNews
The “GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules” research survey - aka GOTHAM - dataset, charting more than 100 molecular species, is now publicly available.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ScienceNews
NEW: Astronomers Map Mysterious “Dark” Gas in the Milky Way
For the first time, astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope have created a large-scale map of a mysterious form of matter known as CO-dark molecular gas.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #GreenBankTelescope #NRAO
For the first time, astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope have created a large-scale map of a mysterious form of matter known as CO-dark molecular gas.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #GreenBankTelescope #NRAO
Astronomers Map Mysterious “Dark” Gas in the Milky Way - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW: Astronomers Map Mysterious “Dark” Gas in the Milky Way
For the first time, astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope have created a large-scale map of a mysterious form of matter known as CO-dark molecular gas.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #GreenBankTelescope #NRAO
For the first time, astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope have created a large-scale map of a mysterious form of matter known as CO-dark molecular gas.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #GreenBankTelescope #NRAO
Calling all early career scientists! The NSF NRAO invites applications for the 2026 Jansky Fellowship Program.
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NEW: Astronomers Spot Magnetically-Guided Streamer Funneling Star-Building Material into Newborn System in Perseus
Imagine a garden hose, but instead of water, it’s smoothly delivering star-building material in a winding path carved by invisible forces.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA
Imagine a garden hose, but instead of water, it’s smoothly delivering star-building material in a winding path carved by invisible forces.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA
Astronomers Spot Magnetically-Guided Streamer Funneling Star-Building Material into Newborn System in Perseus - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A team of astronomers led by Paulo Cortes, a scientist with the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: Astronomers Spot Magnetically-Guided Streamer Funneling Star-Building Material into Newborn System in Perseus
Imagine a garden hose, but instead of water, it’s smoothly delivering star-building material in a winding path carved by invisible forces.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA
Imagine a garden hose, but instead of water, it’s smoothly delivering star-building material in a winding path carved by invisible forces.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA
Calling all early career scientists! The NSF NRAO invites applications for the 2026 Jansky Fellowship Program.
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Calling all early career scientists! The NSF NRAO invites applications for the 2026 Jansky Fellowship Program.
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky
#OnThisDay Dedication of the NRAO - October 17, 1957.
Hard to believe it's been 68 years!
👤 From left: Richard M. Emberson, Lloyd V. Berkner, G. A. Nay, John W. Findlay, Ned L. Ashton, David S. Heeschen, H. Hockenberry, with model of 140 Foot Telescope
#OTD #FlashbackFriday #NRAO #RadioAstronomy
Hard to believe it's been 68 years!
👤 From left: Richard M. Emberson, Lloyd V. Berkner, G. A. Nay, John W. Findlay, Ned L. Ashton, David S. Heeschen, H. Hockenberry, with model of 140 Foot Telescope
#OTD #FlashbackFriday #NRAO #RadioAstronomy
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#OnThisDay Dedication of the NRAO - October 17, 1957.
Hard to believe it's been 68 years!
👤 From left: Richard M. Emberson, Lloyd V. Berkner, G. A. Nay, John W. Findlay, Ned L. Ashton, David S. Heeschen, H. Hockenberry, with model of 140 Foot Telescope
#OTD #FlashbackFriday #NRAO #RadioAstronomy
Hard to believe it's been 68 years!
👤 From left: Richard M. Emberson, Lloyd V. Berkner, G. A. Nay, John W. Findlay, Ned L. Ashton, David S. Heeschen, H. Hockenberry, with model of 140 Foot Telescope
#OTD #FlashbackFriday #NRAO #RadioAstronomy
Thanks to all who joined us at the VLA Fall Open House this past weekend! 📡 We appreciate you braving the weather and spending the day with us.
🗓️ Stay tuned for our next VLA Open House which will be in April 2026, date TBD.
#VeryLargeArray #VLA #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #NewMexico
🗓️ Stay tuned for our next VLA Open House which will be in April 2026, date TBD.
#VeryLargeArray #VLA #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #NewMexico
October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thanks to all who joined us at the VLA Fall Open House this past weekend! 📡 We appreciate you braving the weather and spending the day with us.
🗓️ Stay tuned for our next VLA Open House which will be in April 2026, date TBD.
#VeryLargeArray #VLA #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #NewMexico
🗓️ Stay tuned for our next VLA Open House which will be in April 2026, date TBD.
#VeryLargeArray #VLA #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #NRAO #NewMexico
NEW: Astronomers Discover Fastest-Evolving Radio Signals Ever Observed from Black Hole Tearing
The team - using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA along with several partner telescopes - discovered the first radio-bright tidal disruption event (TDE) outside a galaxy’s center.
#RadioAstronomy #NRAO
The team - using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA along with several partner telescopes - discovered the first radio-bright tidal disruption event (TDE) outside a galaxy’s center.
#RadioAstronomy #NRAO
Astronomers Discover Fastest-Evolving Radio Signals Ever Observed from Black Hole Tearing Apart Star - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A groundbreaking NRAO-led international study has discovered the first radio-bright off-nuclear tidal disruption event—revealing the fastest-evolving radio signals ever observed from a black hole tear...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: Astronomers Discover Fastest-Evolving Radio Signals Ever Observed from Black Hole Tearing
The team - using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA along with several partner telescopes - discovered the first radio-bright tidal disruption event (TDE) outside a galaxy’s center.
#RadioAstronomy #NRAO
The team - using the NSF Very Large Array and ALMA along with several partner telescopes - discovered the first radio-bright tidal disruption event (TDE) outside a galaxy’s center.
#RadioAstronomy #NRAO
NEW: First-ever Detection of “Heavy Water” in a Planet-forming Disk
Could the water in your morning cup of coffee could be older than the Sun? 🤔
New ALMA data reveals ancient water in a planet-forming disk that predates the birth of the star itself.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
Could the water in your morning cup of coffee could be older than the Sun? 🤔
New ALMA data reveals ancient water in a planet-forming disk that predates the birth of the star itself.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
First-ever Detection of “Heavy Water” in a Planet-forming Disk - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and maybe...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: First-ever Detection of “Heavy Water” in a Planet-forming Disk
Could the water in your morning cup of coffee could be older than the Sun? 🤔
New ALMA data reveals ancient water in a planet-forming disk that predates the birth of the star itself.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
Could the water in your morning cup of coffee could be older than the Sun? 🤔
New ALMA data reveals ancient water in a planet-forming disk that predates the birth of the star itself.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
🚨 ALMA Ambassadors Program Cycle 13 - Application Deadline October 31, 2025! 🚨
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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This is me in 1993 standing in an array I’ve been told is very large.
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is me in 1993 standing in an array I’ve been told is very large.
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(National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Magdalena, New Mexico
Travel asks for openness.
Unique places offer reflection.
We arrived with care.
The silence welcomed us.
We left changed.
#photography #NewMexico #Magdelananm #astronomy #observatory #radioastronomy
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Magdalena, New Mexico
Travel asks for openness.
Unique places offer reflection.
We arrived with care.
The silence welcomed us.
We left changed.
#photography #NewMexico #Magdelananm #astronomy #observatory #radioastronomy
October 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NRAO Very Large Array
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Magdalena, New Mexico
Travel asks for openness.
Unique places offer reflection.
We arrived with care.
The silence welcomed us.
We left changed.
#photography #NewMexico #Magdelananm #astronomy #observatory #radioastronomy
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Magdalena, New Mexico
Travel asks for openness.
Unique places offer reflection.
We arrived with care.
The silence welcomed us.
We left changed.
#photography #NewMexico #Magdelananm #astronomy #observatory #radioastronomy
🚨 ALMA Ambassadors Program Cycle 13 - Application Deadline October 31, 2025! 🚨
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🚨 ALMA Ambassadors Program Cycle 13 - Application Deadline October 31, 2025! 🚨
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
Provides training and up to $5,000 research grant to students / researchers interested in expanding their ALMA / interferometry expertise.
Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program/
NEW: Astronomers Detect Lowest Mass Dark Object Yet in Distant Universe
Astronomers using the NSF VLBA and the NSF GBT have detected an enigmatic dark object with a mass about one million times that of our Sun, without observing any emitted light.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #DarkMatter
Astronomers using the NSF VLBA and the NSF GBT have detected an enigmatic dark object with a mass about one million times that of our Sun, without observing any emitted light.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #DarkMatter
Astronomers Detect Lowest Mass Dark Object Yet in Distant Universe - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
International astronomers using NSF NRAO radio telescopes detected the lowest-mass dark matter object ever found at cosmological distance—a million-solar-mass invisible clump discovered through gravit...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NEW: Astronomers Detect Lowest Mass Dark Object Yet in Distant Universe
Astronomers using the NSF VLBA and the NSF GBT have detected an enigmatic dark object with a mass about one million times that of our Sun, without observing any emitted light.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #DarkMatter
Astronomers using the NSF VLBA and the NSF GBT have detected an enigmatic dark object with a mass about one million times that of our Sun, without observing any emitted light.
#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #DarkMatter
NEW: Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters
A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between gravity...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters
A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity.
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA
Dr. Jean Turner, who has been awarded the 2025 Jansky Lectureship, will deliver the 60th Annual Jansky Lecture, "Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters" :
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Dr. Jean Turner, who has been awarded the 2025 Jansky Lectureship, will deliver the 60th Annual Jansky Lecture, "Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters" :
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Dr. Jean Turner, who has been awarded the 2025 Jansky Lectureship, will deliver the 60th Annual Jansky Lecture, "Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters" :
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21
More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
SANTA FE - Come learn about the future of astronomy in New Mexico! 📡 #SantaFe
Join the NRAO at Santa Fe Community College this Wednesday for a discussion and Q&A session about the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) project. #ngVLA
🗓️ Wed, October 8
⏰ 6:00 - 7:00 MDT
📍SFCC Lecture Hall #216
Join the NRAO at Santa Fe Community College this Wednesday for a discussion and Q&A session about the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) project. #ngVLA
🗓️ Wed, October 8
⏰ 6:00 - 7:00 MDT
📍SFCC Lecture Hall #216
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
See you there! #AAS247
#AAS247 Don't miss out! Early registration and abstract submission for the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) will close on Monday, 6 October. 🔭
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
See you there! #AAS247