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Space Race rumpus
Join us for a weekend of family-friendly cycling fun. Bike races, workshops, camping and more! Find details at https://www.spaceracerumpus.org/
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Family Science Lab: Fun with the sun!
Summer is almost here! Join us for an afternoon of family activities and celebrate the season of sun! We’ll explore the solar spectrum with a variety of hands-on activities suitable for families with children ages 4 and up; activities will include making UV Bead jewelry and UV sun prints, designing suncatchers with color filters, and…
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SETI Tour
Celebrate Green Bank’s historic role in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with a rare opportunity to see inside our historic telescopes and speak with one of our radio astronomers in person! We begin where it all started, in the control room of the 85-foot telescope used by Frank Drake in the original search, Project Ozma.…
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The Contents of the Fermi Bubbles – a Conference
Registration closes March 28. This is a scientific conference and not open to the general public. Learn more about this event
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High Tech tour
High Tech Tours are offered the 2nd Thursday of every month. $25/person Join an Observatory engineer for an in-depth conversation and behind-the-scenes peek at our electronics lab, telescope receivers, and the GBT control room. See what makes our observatory one of the world’s leading radio telescope facilities! 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. Tour lengths will…
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ALPACA Workshop
Save the date! April 25-28, 2025 With the intention of maximizing the science return from this instrument, and advertising it to a diverse group of astronomers as possible, GBO invites members of the scientific community for a four-day workshop. Scientific community members can express their interest using this form. Learn more about the workshop here.
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Family science Lab
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of science activities! Explore chemical reactions to make homemade snow that doesn’t melt, and create your own snowglobe to take home. Free for all ages, no reservations required. Starting at 1:30 PM in the Green Bank Science Center Atrium, while supplies last.
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Starlab
Crawl into our pop-up planetarium for a night sky tour! 45 mins. $8/person, ages 4 and up. Space is very limited. Advanced purchase strongly recommended to ensure availability. Because this program requires sitting in the dark for 45 minutes, this program is not suitable for children under the age of 4. ACCESSIBILITY: our portable planetarium…