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Brightest Ever Fast Radio Burst Allows Researchers To Identify Its Origin
Astronomers use newly deployed telescopes and deep-space imaging to challenge long-held assumptions about what causes these mysterious cosmic signals
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Green Bank Observatory Works with Local School to Allow WiFi in the “Quiet Zone”
The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is entering a new era for the “Quiet Zone”— allowing the use of WiFi at the Green Bank Elementary and Middle School, which sits next door to the NSF Green Bank Telescope. The Observatory exists within two “Quiet Zones” that protect its scientific research: the…
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Space’s Spinning Enigma: A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics
Breakthrough collaboration between multiple telescopes reveals most unusual long-period radio transient ever found
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Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way
Newly discovered Midpoint cloud offers a rare glimpse into star formation and the dynamic flow of galactic material toward the Milky Way’s center
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Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles
Astronomers discover fragile hydrogen clouds surviving inside the superheated Fermi Bubbles, revealing the Milky Way’s most extreme outflows are younger and more complex than ever imagined
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Cosmic Chemistry Breakthrough: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space
Discovery of seven-ring cyanocoronene in a star-forming cloud challenges assumptions about the abundance and formation of complex organic molecules in the universe
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Students Contribute to New Understanding of “Twinkling” Pulsars
Outreach-focused research using radio telescope uncovers surprising results about galactic structure The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory is often used for educational outreach projects with undergraduate and high school students. The 20-meter’s flexible observing setup enabled frequent, long-duration observations of eight pulsars, spanning two…
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Astronomers Discover Magnetic Loops Around Supermassive Black Hole
For the first time, astronomers using the High Sensitivity Array — a multi-facility network supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory — have observed evidence of magnetic filaments in the accretion disk surrounding a nearby galaxy’s supermassive black hole