Author: Green Bank Observatory

  • 2021 Publications

    Author. (Date). Title. Publication Link Agar, C.H. et al. (2021). A broadband radio study of PSR J0250+5854: the slowest-spinning radio pulsar known. MNRAS, 508, 1102 2021MNRAS.508.1102A  Agazie, G. et al. (2021). The Green Bank Northern Celestial Cap Pulsar Survey. VI. Timing and Discovery of PSR J1759+5036: A Double Neutron Star Binary Pulsar. ApJ, 922, 35…


  • Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years

    Green Bank Telescope Teams Up With NASA’s JPL Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex to Track Asteroid The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out.


  • Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation & Discovery

    As part of our celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) is conducting an image contest with cash prizes. Eligible entries include radio images, multiwavelength composite images, animations, data visualizations, 3-D models, and others. All entries must include radio data obtained with the GBT.


  • 2020 Publications

    Author. Publication. Title Pub. Link Agarwal, D. et al. 2020 MNRAS, 497, 352.  Initial results from a realtime FRB search with the GBT 2020 MNRAS, 497, 352 Agarwal, D. et al. 2020 MNRAS, 497, 1661.  FETCH: A deep-learning based classifier for fast transient classification 2020 MNRAS, 497, 1661 Aggarwal, k. et al. 2020 ApJ, 889,…


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  • The Green Bank Telescope Teams Up with the VLBA for New Project

    The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the Green Bank Observatory is collaborating with the Raytheon Company to detect and characterize near-Earth asteroids in our solar system large enough to cause significant damage should they ever strike the Earth.


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  • Looping Radio Signal Baffles Astronomers

    Scientists have detected the first reliable radio signal pattern in space … The transmission broadcasts from a galaxy half a billion light years away. Can radio astronomy catch up and solve the mystery? Read the full story on the Great Courses