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Author: Jill Malusky

The GBT: A Powerful Tool for Discovering Fast Radio Bursts

Photo courtesy Jesse Thornton.

June 23, 2020
The GBT Helps Solve a Titan-ic Mystery

Titan has hundreds of lakes in its polar regions (shown in this radar image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft). Decades-old data once suggested lakes should be found at the equator instead. USGS, ASI, JPL-Caltech/NASA

June 18, 2020
The GBT’s precision, and international teamwork, measure the Universe

A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the “standard model” that describes the fundamental nature of the Universe.

June 12, 2020
From Student to Staff: Green Bank Observatory’s Newest Software Engineer

Matthew Harrison, second from front, photographed at the dish of the Green Bank Telescope during undergraduate research in 2017. When Matthew Harrison first set foot on the campus of the Green Bank Observatory in 2017 for an undergraduate summer workshop, he had no idea he’d be returning in 2020 as the Observatory’s newest Software Engineer.

June 9, 2020
FREE digital swag downloads

Want to spice up your Zoom background, desktop, or smartphone? Download one of our Green Bank Telescope (GBT) backgrounds today! Right click or hover/hold to save image file, depending on the specifications of your device.

June 1, 2020
June 2020 Science Newsletter AAS Special Edition

This edition of the science newsletter shares special information for the 236th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

June 1, 2020
Green Bank Observatory at the #AAS236 Virtual Conference

The 236th meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held virtually June 1st-3rd. Follow this link to see the schedule for presentations featuring the Observatory and the GBT, and other special information we are sharing for the meeting.

May 29, 2020
AAS 236 Presentations

Monday, June 1 Jun 1 2020 2:50PM 121.03. The NANOGrav Data Set: Probing Pulsar Emission Mechanisms and Galactic Magnetic Fields with GBT Data Jun 1 2020 5:30PM 142.02. Argus144: High resolution molecular gas mapping with a 144-element W-Band Array on the Green Bank Telescope Jun 1 2020 2:50PM 124.06. Neutral Hydrogen Tracing in Loose Galaxy…

May 27, 2020