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  • Special Talk: Flashes in the Sky—The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts

    West Virginia astronomers share the origin of their discovery and hopes for future research

  • 2023 Publications

    Author. Title. Reference Abstract/Article Link (if available) Agazie, G. et al. The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Observations and Timing of 68 Millisecond Pulsars. 2023 ApJ, 951, 9 2023ApJ…951L…9A Andreon, s. et al. Witnessing the intracluster medium assembly at the cosmic noon in JKCS 041. 2023 MNRAS, 522, 4301 2023MNRAS.522.4301A Anna-Thomas, R. et al Magnetic…

  • LO Doppler Tracking Issue

    Data taken with the GBT during the period March 13th, 2023 @18:00 ET – May 25th, 2023 were not corrected properly for doppler tracking in the barycentric and LSR frames.

  • Free Digital Swag

    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.

  • 2022 Publications

    Author. Title. Reference Link (if available) Abbate, F. et al. Four pulsar discoveries in NGC 6624 by TRAPUM using MeerKAT. 2022 MNRAS 513, 2292 2022MNRAS.513.2292A Akiyama, K. et al.. First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. EHT and Multiwavelength Observations, Data Processing, and Calibration. 2022 ApJ, 930, 13 2022ApJ…930L..13E Alexander, K. et al. .…

  • Green Bank Observatory at #AAS241

    SPECIAL SESSION New Windows onto the Universe with the GBT: Asteroids, Exotic Stars, Gaseous Filaments and More Monday, January 9th at 9-10AM PT for iPosters session and 2-3:30PM for panel presentation in room 605/610 PRESS CONFERENCE The Next Generation Planetary Radar System on the Green Bank Telescope Tuesday, January 10th at 10:15AM PT in room…

  • Love at First Light

    In 1997, I was finishing high school and dating a young lady that was doing an astronomy project using the 40-Foot telescope. She told me one day that she was doing an all-night observation of some source, changing something in the observation every 5-10 minutes — I can’t recall if it was switching polarization, or…

  • My Times with the 40 Foot

    My times with the 40-foot are selfish ones. I’ve been in the bunker hundreds of times, often with teacher groups and student groups, but also many times alone. Those are some of my most cherished 40-Foot memories. Walking through snow from the dorm to the bunker in the early morning hours, sometimes lit by a…