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“Don’t give up, it will happen.” Virtual Workshop Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Green Bank Telescope
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…
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Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years
Green Bank Telescope Teams Up With NASA’s JPL Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex to Track Asteroid The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out.
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Scientists uncover warehouse-full of complex molecules never before seen in space
Radio observations of a cold, dense cloud of molecular gas reveal more than a dozen unexpected molecules
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Can Green Bank Telescope Defend Against Asteroid Apophis?
The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is teaming up with NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) to observe this potentially hazardous asteroid. These new observations of Apophis will allow scientists to improve their understanding of the asteroid’s orbit, and better estimate the odds that Apophis could strike the Earth in the future.…
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover landing observed by the Green Bank Telescope
This “waterfall image” is actually three separate observations combined to show NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover as it enters the Martian atmosphere before touching down on the red planet. Green Bank Observatory Data Analyst Amber Bonsall created this image using data received by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The GBT was pointed at Mars to observe…
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NASA Mars Rover Touches Down, Green Bank Telescope Receives Signal
The Green Bank Telescope’s Part in the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Landing GREEN BANK, WEST VIRGINIA – Cheers could be heard throughout the Green Bank Observatory as NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully touched down on the red planet Thursday, February 18th, at 3:55 p.m. EDT. The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) helped…