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          Everything you need to know about visiting Green Bank including our tours, the Exhibit Hall, our Gift Shop, and the Starlight Café.


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        • Educational Programs

          In this section you will discover our educational offerings here at Green Bank Observatory. Be part of the science!


        • Students forming a human pyramid in front of the 40 Foot Educational Telescope
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        • Try it at home
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        • Science at the Green Bank Observatory

          Learn about our scientific programs, meetings and workshops, our staff, and more


        • Science News
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        • Users Portal Page

          In this section observers will find information for using our telescopes.


        • 20 Meter
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        • Media and Media Relations

          Find news, updates, and information for the media – including information on media visits and public photography on site.


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  • About
        • About the Green Bank Observatory

          Learn more about our history and our facility in the sections below.

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  • Most sensitive search for intelligent life beyond our galaxy to date

    Most sensitive search for intelligent life beyond our galaxy to date

    Breakthrough Listen presents the most sensitive search for powerful signals beyond the MilkyWay

    2023-12-11

  • 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 […]

    2023-12-05

  • Scouts BSA Electronics merit badge weekend

    2023-12-01

  • February 2024 (virtual)

    February 6-8, 2024 (virtual)

    2023-12-01

  • GBO Events

    2023-11-29

  • BARFLYS — Bar Ammonia Radiation in Filaments, Lanes, and YSOs

    BARFLYS — Bar Ammonia Radiation in Filaments, Lanes, and YSOs

    The dust lane features within galaxy bars are thought to mediate the flow of material from the disk to the nucleus, fueling the extreme environment found within the inner regions of galaxies. Our team recently proposed a pilot study with the GBT, targeting the midpoint of the Milky Way’s Galactic Bar Dust Lanes. These NH3 […]

    2023-11-21

  • KEYSTONE — KFPA Examinations of Young Stellar (O-star) Natal Environments

    KEYSTONE — KFPA Examinations of Young Stellar (O-star) Natal Environments

    2023-11-21

  • what you’ll see

    Exhibit Hall Info about the Exhibit Hall Gift Shop info about the Gift Shop Walking Tours & Nature Trails Contact information for Science Center Science Center Director Educator

    2023-11-20

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