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Observatory Director and Robotics Team Coach Helps Students Apply for Patent

The Green Bank Elementary-Middle School Radioactive Robotics team created a handicap accessible door-opening mechanism to be used for opening long-handled doors like those at the Green Bank Observatory. Read the full story in the Pocahontas Times.

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Green Bank Telescope Data a part of Breakthrough Listen’s Most Comprehensive Search to Date

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the worlds largest steerable telescope, standing 485-feet tall, weighing over 17 million pounds, with a 2.3 acre surface.

Reanalysis of Breakthrough Listen Data to Include Other Stellar Objects in the Field Yields Most Comprehensive SETI Search to Date

Independent team combines existing radio telescope data with new catalogs to search over 200 times more stars than before

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Green Bank Observatory educator to become international astronomy ambassador

Luci Fincuan, center, shown giving a tour of the Green Bank Telescope preCOVID-19.

Green Bank Observatory Science Center educator, Luci Finucan, is one of a few international ambassadors accepted into an elite STEM education program. The Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) brings educators of all types, from formal and informal teachers to amateur astronomers together to learn more about US astronomy facilities in Chile, and share that knowledge with others. Normally a field experience in Chile, under COVID-19 safety precautions for 2020, most training will be virtual.

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Blowing in the wind: fast molecular clouds discovered streaming out from the Galactic Center

*Artist’s conception of molecular clouds entrained in the hot wind from the center of the Milky Way. NSF/GBO/P.Vosteen*

Interesting things are happening in the center of the Milky Way, and scientists using radio telescopes on three continents have been making discoveries about a high energy wind that is blasting out of our galaxy.

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“This is an exciting time.” Green Bank Observatory’s New Safety Officer Shows No Fear in the Face of a Global Pandemic

Starting a new job is hard – and starting a new job managing employee safety under the COVID-19 pandemic is even harder.

Emma Yokum, the new Observatory Safety Officer, began work in March at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The GBT: A Powerful Tool for Discovering Fast Radio Bursts

The massive Byrd Telescope glows red in the darkness at Green Bank. Photo courtesy Jesse Thornton/West Virginia Explorer.

West Virginia University’s Duncan Lorimer might be the “godfather of the fast radio burst,” but a pair of international students have taken exploring these mysterious cosmic flashes to a new level.

Science 2020-2030

Observatory Director and Robotics Team Coach Helps Students Apply for Patent

Green Bank Telescope Data a part of Breakthrough Listen’s Most Comprehensive Search to Date

Green Bank Observatory educator to become international astronomy ambassador

Blowing in the wind: fast molecular clouds discovered streaming out from the Galactic Center

“This is an exciting time.” Green Bank Observatory’s New Safety Officer Shows No Fear in the Face of a Global Pandemic

The GBT: A Powerful Tool for Discovering Fast Radio Bursts