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Astronomers Accidentally Discover Dark Primordial Galaxy
Could Be the Faintest Galaxy Found to Date
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Most sensitive search for intelligent life beyond our galaxy to date
Breakthrough Listen presents the most sensitive search for powerful signals beyond the MilkyWay
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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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Astronomers find multiple microsecond-length fast radio bursts in GBT data
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New Space Radar Will Hunt Planet-Threatening Asteroids
The new ngRADAR at the Green Bank Telescope offers unprecedented Earth-based views of the solar system When a baseball pitcher throws a fastball, the speed pops up on the jumbotron thanks to radar. The technology is also useful for air traffic control, highway speed traps and weather forecasting—and it’s not reserved for Earth. Astronomers have…