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New type of Fast Radio Burst discovered in Green Bank Telescope data
Eight ultra-fast bursts lasted only ten millionths of a second or less An international team of researchers have discovered radio pulses from the distant universe that last only millionths of a second. They found these microsecond bursts after a meticulous examination of archival data from the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope. It’s unclear how…
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Five Decades of Groundbreaking Millimeter Astronomy—From Discovering Molecules in Space to Imaging New Solar Systems
Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2023 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Paul A. Vanden Bout, Senior Scientist, Emeritus at NRAO. The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy.
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Green Bank, WV location of some of the most fundamental discoveries in astrophysics and astronomy
American Physical Society Recognizes GBO as Historic Site The American Physical Society has designated the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory (GBO) as a Historic Site, recognizing it as the location of some of the most fundamental discoveries in astrophysics and astronomy.
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GBT Will Create New Sky Map
Jack Singal, a physics professor at the University of Richmond, has received a $589,939 grant from the National Science Foundation to produce the first calibrated map of diffuse radio emission over nearly the entire sky.
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WVU Astrophysicist, Dr. Maura Mclaughlin, presents on behalf of NANOGrav at National Science Foundation (NSF) Meeting
Story by Elizabeth Rhodes
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Astronomers find multiple microsecond-length fast radio bursts in GBT data
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NANOGrav’s 15-year effort yields evidence for universal background of gravitational waves
In a series of papers to be published June 28th in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, NANOGrav reports an analysis pointing to the existence of low-frequency gravitational waves permeating our Universe.
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Cosmic Collision: Space Nessie Spawns Newborn Star
Deep in the depths of our galactic ocean, astronomers have observed triggered star formation in the Nessie Nebula.