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 used radar to probe the planets and asteroids around us, measuring their speed as they whiz around the sun and imaging the details of their surface.
(more…)Scientists Reveal Secrets to Burping Black Hole with the Green Bank Telescope
The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has revealed new information about mysterious radio bubbles surrounding a supermassive black hole.

Green Bank Observatory Science Newsletter, Winter 2022

Observatory Scientists Share Latest Research

Our scientists are in demand! Several are being featured on podcasts and other digital media.
(more…)WPHS Astronomy Students Present On World Stage

Two Wheeling Middle School astronomy students reached for the stars two years ago to learn about pulsars, and this month they presented the results of their research to the world’s scientific community in Honolulu.