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October 2026 Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop
October 27-30, 2026 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop Registration is currently active. Please apply by October 2, 2026. The GBT Training Workshop will include four days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be open until October 2, and applicants will be informed of their acceptance shortly…
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Radar Echoes From Europa Reveal Secrets Beneath the Ice
A 13‑year campaign with the NSF Green Bank Telescope and NASA’s Goldstone antenna confirms a unique scattering effect in Europa’s ice and set new bounds on how far radar can see into its frozen shell
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January 2026 Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop
January 20-23, 2026 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop The registration deadline has passed. If you are a GBT observer in need of training for active projects, please contact Will Armentrout (ude.oarn@rtnemraw). The GBT Training Workshop will include four days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be…
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November 2025 Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop
November 4 – 7, 2025 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop Applications for this training workshop are now closed. If you require GBT training for an upcoming project, please reach out to Will Armentrout (ude.oarn@rtnemraw) or your project friend to arrange training. The GBT Training Workshop will include four days of intensive instruction on how…
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NSF’s ongoing technical coordination with satellite constellation operators
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GBT Surveys of the 21-cm Sky
ALPACA, the Advanced L-band Phased Array Camera for Astronomy, is a phased-array receiver capable of providing high sensitivity observations simultaneously for 40 beams on the GBT in the 1-2 GHz band.
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NSF Green Bank Telescope Gets a New Coat of Protection
Vital repainting project will extend lifespan of world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is embarking on a crucial maintenance project to protect the structural integrity of the NSF Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT), the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope. The NSF GBT has been…
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Telescope Tag-Team Discovers Galactic Cluster’s Bizarre Secrets
Towards the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers have discovered 10 monstrous neutron stars. Astronomers already knew that 39 pulsars call Terzan 5 home. With the teamwork of the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT) and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory’s MeerKAT Telescope, ten more have…