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Drake Lecture: Alyssa Goodman
Saturday April 23rd, 7pm Dr. Alyssa Goodman is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a Research Associate at Smithsonian Institution. She will share her amazing experience as an astronomer and about data visualization as the next frontier in astronomy and astrophysics. The Drake Lecture honors the legacy of Frank Drake, who created his…
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Green Bank hosts new telescope for CHIME
In the quest to identify the origins of one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries – fast radio bursts (FRBs) – Canada’s world-renowned telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is getting backup.
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GBT & FAST reveal new origins of bright radio flashes in the Universe
Scientists using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) and China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) have teamed up to shed light on the origin of the thousands of mysterious fast radio bursts that hit the Earth each day from locations far beyond the Milky Way.
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Are we alone? New grant supports citizen science searching for intelligent life with the GBT
The Planetary Society has awarded nearly $50,000 to UCLA Professor Jean-Luc Margot for a new citizen science project using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), “Are We Alone? A Citizen-Science-Enabled Search for Technosignatures.”
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Orion rising over GBT (taken by WV photographer) is NASA’s Astronomy Photo of the Day
West Virginia photographer Dave Green created the amazing astrophotography image seen above, which shows the constellations of Barnard’s Loop, the Horsehead, Lambda Orionis, and more above the GBT.
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New ‘black widow’ millisecond pulsar discovered
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a new millisecond pulsar (MSP) using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The newfound pulsar, designated PSR J1555−2908, turns out to be one of the so-called “black widow” MSPs. The finding is detailed in a paper published February 10 on arXiv.org.
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Microwave Journal: A Planetary Radar System for Detection and High-Resolution Imaging of Nearby Celestial
In partnership with National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Raytheon Intelligence &Space (RI&S), the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) tested a multi-static radar intended to expandthe scientific reach and capability of the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) and the Very Long BaselineArray (VLBA).
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Share your AAS presentation
A symposium of Green Bank Telescope/Observatory-associated presentations intended for the AAS Winter meeting will be held on Wednesday February 2 at 2pm EST. If you have a presentation you’d like to share, please email Green Bank Observatory Post Doc Jesse Bublitz at ude.o1736466240arn@z1736466240tilbu1736466240bj1736466240 by this Friday January 21 with your name, affiliation, title of your…