Category: Science Events

  • October Observer Training Workshop

    October 8 – 10, 2024 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop The GBT Training Workshop will include three days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be open from June 7 – September 6, 2024, and applicants will be informed of their acceptance by September 20. Remember, this…


  • Spring Internal Symposium

    The Spring Internal Symposium takes place at the Green Bank Observatory May 13-14. It is designed to highlight research by the staffs of the GBO and NRAO-CV. The symposium will take place in the Jansky Auditorium from Monday morning May 13, ending with lunch on Tuesday May 14.  A tour of the GBT may be…


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  • Single Dish Summer School Registration

    June 2024 – Single Dish Summer School (June 23-29, in-person only) — Open to the Scientific Community and presented by the Green Bank Observatory We will host this workshop at the Green Bank Observatory with in-person participation only. Green Bank scientists will be available to give students an introduction to single dish observing, and telescope-specific…


  • Science Community Webinar

    The Observatory shares news and information about its operations and science in bi-weekly webinars every other Wednesday at 1 pm ET (except where noted). If you would like to listen in live, please visit our Science Community Webinar page and sign up for our mailings.


  • 2024 GBO Single Dish Summer School

    The GBO Single Dish Summer School (SDSS) provides graduate students, post-docs, and experts in other fields of astronomy with both knowledge and practical experience of the techniques and applications of single-dish radio astronomy. The school is based around an intensive series of lectures from experts, as well as hands-on radio astronomy projects and tutorials. Registration…


  • Fast Radio Bursts: A Cosmic Mystery!

    Join us on Wednesday, March 20, at 3:30 PM for a FREE public lecture with celebrated astronomers from WVU!


  • Proposal Planning Office Hours

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