Author: Jill Malusky

  • Mars Rover Phones Home, Green Bank Telescope Answers

    The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT), located in Green Bank, West Virginia, plays a role in the upcoming mission of the NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The GBT will receive communications from the rover as it arrives on Mars on February 18th and pass these on to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) located…

  • Successful Test Paves Way for New Planetary Radar

    The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted a test in November to prove that a new radio telescope system can capture high-resolution images in near-Earth space.

  • Hubble images shed new light on planetary nebulae

    Researchers from Green Bank Observatory and the Rochester Institute of Technology shed new light on nebula formation process Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features. Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and Green Bank Observatory presented new findings about…

  • Milky Way’s Defensive Halo Blocks Incoming Gas Cloud

    How are galaxies able to keep forming stars and planets? Astronomers from Texas Christian University are using the Green Bank Telescope to reveal more about this process, studying high-velocity clouds that are being pulled into our Milky Way galaxy by its gravitational pull.

  • NANOGrav finds possible ‘first hints’ of low-frequency gravitational wave background

    In data gathered and analyzed over 13 years, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) has found an intriguing low-frequency signal that may be attributable to gravitational waves.

  • Science Newsletter AAS 237 Edition

    The Green Bank Observatory at AAS 237 For the January 2021 meeting there are approximately 47 presentations, sessions, iPosters, and press conferences featuring Green Bank Telescope data, Green Bank Observatory staff, partner organizations, and REU summer students. This list is evolving as the full breadth of meeting items that mention the Green Bank Telescope (GBT)…

  • AAS 237 Goodies & Swag

    Download Zoom screen, tablet, and smartphone wallpapers! Sign up for our e-blasts and get a FREE goodie packet! Email ude.o1713604077arn@y1713604077ksula1713604077mj1713604077 with your mailing address. She will add your email to our GBO e-blast list and mail you a packet including a GBO sticker, key chain, pen, and more! All AAS attendees are eligible for 10%…

  • Announcement: Green Bank Observatory’s Response to the Decommissioning of the Arecibo Telescope

    The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) are saddened by the announcement of the decommissioning of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico due to recent and devastating structural damage. See the National Science Foundation’s full release here. Green Bank Observatory site director Dr. Karen O’Neil comments in an interview with…