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Category: News about Green Bank

NSF Telescopes Image M87’s Supermassive Black Hole and Massive Jet Together for the First Time

Observations also revealed that the supermassive black hole’s ring is bigger than imagined Scientists studying the supermassive black hole at the heart of the M87 galaxy have revealed the origins of the monster’s powerful jet and imaged the jet and its source together for the first time. What’s more, the observations have revealed that the…

October 14, 2020
Observatory Director and Robotics Team Coach Helps Students Apply for Patent

The Green Bank Elementary-Middle School Radioactive Robotics team created a handicap accessible door-opening mechanism to be used for opening long-handled doors like those at the Green Bank Observatory. Read the full story in the Pocahontas Times.

September 16, 2020
“This is an exciting time.” Green Bank Observatory’s New Safety Officer Shows No Fear in the Face of a Global Pandemic

Starting a new job is hard – and starting a new job managing employee safety under the COVID-19 pandemic is even harder.

August 16, 2020
From Student to Staff: Green Bank Observatory’s Newest Software Engineer

Matthew Harrison, second from front, photographed at the dish of the Green Bank Telescope during undergraduate research in 2017. When Matthew Harrison first set foot on the campus of the Green Bank Observatory in 2017 for an undergraduate summer workshop, he had no idea he’d be returning in 2020 as the Observatory’s newest Software Engineer.

June 9, 2020
Green Bank Observatory at the #AAS236 Virtual Conference

The 236th meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held virtually June 1st-3rd. Follow this link to see the schedule for presentations featuring the Observatory and the GBT, and other special information we are sharing for the meeting.

May 29, 2020
Green Bank Telescope Art Contest

2020 is the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Green Bank Telescope! The telescope was dedicated August 25th, 2000. We are celebrating with an art contest, vote for the winning art now!

May 14, 2020
COVID-19, and Lightning, Won’t Stop Green Bank Telescope Operations

COVID-19 has changed the way life and works looks for the nation. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is no different. When a lightning strike from spring storms damaged equipment on the world’s largest fully-steerable radio telescope, staff developed a plan that would allow them to complete repairs safely in a very…

May 1, 2020
Student Scientist Wins National Scholarship

Longtime Observatory advocate Ellie White has won a prestigious scholarship to support her education at Marshall University. A physics major, she plans to earn her Ph.D. in astrophysics studying astrobiology, radio astronomy instrumentation, and SETI.

April 7, 2020