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Author: Jill Malusky

Moon’s Tycho Crater Revealed in Intricate Detail

The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory and National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and Raytheon Intelligence & Space have released new high-resolution images of the Moon, the highest-ever taken from the ground, using new radar technology on the Green Bank Telescope (GBT).

September 21, 2021
NANOGrav & Green Bank Telescope Poised to Make Groundbreaking Discoveries of Gravitational Wave Universe

Moore Foundation supports development of new Ultra Wideband technologies & increases observation time

September 3, 2021
A New Era for Green Bank Observatory, Dr. James M. Jackson Named Director

The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) enters a new era of leadership beginning in October. Dr. James M. Jackson, an internationally known astrophysicist, has accepted the role of director.

August 17, 2021
Spring & Summer Outdoor Programs are Now Open

August 2, 2021
Student Summer Research Programs at GBO & NRAO Get a Boost from Going Remote

Summer programs welcome highest-ever number of incoming students and mentors The summer research programs at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) kicked off in May 2021 with a significant increase in participation. This year’s program welcomed 65 students across all partner locations, a nearly 67-percent increase over the prior year. NRAO and the Green Bank…

July 8, 2021
Four Children of GBO Staff Among Recipients of 2021 AUI Scholarship

AUI has selected the recipients of its 2021 AUI Scholarship, who each will be awarded a $3,500 renewable scholarship ($14,000 over four years to each scholar) to support their academic careers. Fourteen outstanding high school seniors were selected based on their academic achievement, community involvement, and leadership skills.

July 1, 2021
Green Bank Telescope a part of WVU & NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center $17 million NSF Award

June 23, 2021
New image captures galaxy cluster emerging from cosmic web

The tumultuous evolution of a galaxy cluster captured close to its formation in the cosmic web An international team of astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, and the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured a snapshot of a massive galaxy cluster, very close to the epoch…

June 23, 2021