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GBT Detects Super-Quiet Repeating Fast Radio Burst
Recently, the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) confirmed the detection of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB). The super-sensitive GBT was able to confirm that the radio burst from FRB 171019, initially detected by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope, did repeat. This detection lends credence to the theory that almost all fast…
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WPHS Astronomy Students Present On World Stage
Two Wheeling Middle School astronomy students reached for the stars two years ago to learn about pulsars, and this month they presented the results of their research to the world’s scientific community in Honolulu. Read the whole story …
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2019 Publications
Author. Title Reference Aggarwal, K. et al. The NANOGrav 11-Year Data Set: Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries 2019 ApJ, 880, 116 Aguado, D.S. et al. The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library 2019 ApJS, 240:23. Aloisi,…
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Green Bank Observatory Offers Employment Training with Generation West Virginia
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Congresswoman Miller to Tour Green Bank Observatory
Congresswoman Carol Miller, representing the 3rd District of West Virginia, will tour the Green Bank Observatory and will host a roundtable discussion here in Pocahontas County.
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Dr. Brett McGuire: 1 of the Top 10 Scientists, According to Science News
Science News has added Dr. Brett McGuire to their list of 10 early- and mid-career “Scientists to Watch”. Using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Dr. McGuire confirmed the presence of benzonitrile in a dark cloud of the Milky Way. Read more on the Science News web site.
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NO SIGNAL: Growing Up in Green Bank, West Virginia
I tend to speak about my origins as if I was from a foreign country, and not from rural West Virginia.