Green Bank Observatory mourns the loss of Frank Drake Posted on 2022-09-06 at 8:24 am.Posted by Jill Malusky Drake speaking at the 2017 dedication of the “new” Green Bank Observatory. Frank Drake, one of the first scientists to come to Green Bank and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, died at his home in Aptos, California on September 2. (more…) “Don’t give up, it will happen.” Virtual Workshop Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Green Bank Telescope Posted on 2021-03-29 at 8:00 am.Posted by Jill Malusky Just over twenty years ago, in the summer of the year 2000, the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) was dedicated for service. Taller than the Statue of Liberty, with a dish that can hold two football fields, the GBT remains the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. To celebrate the creation of such a colossal instrument, and the scientific research made possible, the Observatory will be holding a special virtual workshop April 21st to 22nd, GBT@20: Twenty Years of Innovation and Discovery. Construction of the unprecedented design of the Green Bank Telescope took ten years. NSF/NRAO (more…) Green Bank Observatory’s link to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Posted on 2020-10-15 at 6:50 pm.Posted by Jill Malusky 85-2 and 85-3 working together with the 85-1 (not shown) in the Green Bank Interferometer, the NRAO’s first array. (NSF/AUI) 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. (more…)
“Don’t give up, it will happen.” Virtual Workshop Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Green Bank Telescope Posted on 2021-03-29 at 8:00 am.Posted by Jill Malusky Just over twenty years ago, in the summer of the year 2000, the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) was dedicated for service. Taller than the Statue of Liberty, with a dish that can hold two football fields, the GBT remains the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. To celebrate the creation of such a colossal instrument, and the scientific research made possible, the Observatory will be holding a special virtual workshop April 21st to 22nd, GBT@20: Twenty Years of Innovation and Discovery. Construction of the unprecedented design of the Green Bank Telescope took ten years. NSF/NRAO (more…) Green Bank Observatory’s link to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Posted on 2020-10-15 at 6:50 pm.Posted by Jill Malusky 85-2 and 85-3 working together with the 85-1 (not shown) in the Green Bank Interferometer, the NRAO’s first array. (NSF/AUI) 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. (more…)
Green Bank Observatory’s link to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Posted on 2020-10-15 at 6:50 pm.Posted by Jill Malusky 85-2 and 85-3 working together with the 85-1 (not shown) in the Green Bank Interferometer, the NRAO’s first array. (NSF/AUI) 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. (more…)
