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 ...

Rather than look through a normal telescope eyepiece, scientists using radio telescopes study computer-generated images. New Mexico's Very Large Array first began observing the skies in 1976 with two ...