Category: Education

  • Staff volunteer in county wide road clean-up

    The Pocahontas County Convention & Visitors Bureau Make It Shine road clean-up campaign is underway with a goal of 125+ miles to be covered.  Motorists in the area should be cautious of people picking up trash next to the roadways and please slow down. This county wide effort will take place over the next two…

  • Observatory staff lead new sustainability intiatives

    The Green Bank Observatory employees established a sustainability committee in late 2020 to develop new initiatives for local residents to improve their environment and their lives. See more here.

  • GBT@20 Data Image Contest Winners Announced

    We are very excited to announce the winners to our GBT@20 contest, using actual GBT data to create images! First Place: Annika Kreikenbohm, a still from a 3D mapping/animation of the maser disk in galaxy NGC 1194, culminating from 7 years of data. Second Place: Kat Barger, a still from a3D mapping/animation of Complex A,…

  • RCBI’s Apprenticeship Works assists Observatory in developing talent pipeline

    The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory has teamed with the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University to develop the skilled workforce it needs to maintain operations of its numerous radio telescopes and other instruments, observing the universe to unlock the mysteries of outer space.

  • Green Bank Observatory’s link to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

    Three scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for their study of the super massive black hole that sits at the center of our galaxy. This black hole, Sagittarius A*, as it’s known, was first discovered as a bright radio object in 1974 at the Green Bank Observatory.

  • Green Bank, Biking, & Mon Forest Towns

    Did you know that Green Bank is a Mon Forest Town? Several small towns located within the Monongahela National Forest are great locations for accessing a variety of recreational activities, from hiking and biking trails, to camping. Green Bank has been featured in the Mon Forest Towns website with a guide to biking on site.…

  • Green Bank Observatory educator to become international astronomy ambassador

    Green Bank Observatory Science Center educator, Luci Finucan, is one of a few international ambassadors accepted into an elite STEM education program. The Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) brings educators of all types, from formal and informal teachers to amateur astronomers together to learn more about US astronomy facilities in Chile, and share…

  • GBT Pulsar Data Helps WVU Student Win Scholarship

    From the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology at West Virginia University, see the original link here.