Repainting of telescope feed arm marks a major milestone in a multi-year project to protect the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope

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Radar signals received by world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope tracked spacecraft with NASA’s communications network for historic lunar test flight

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The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) Call for Proposals for the 2026B semester has closed on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 17:00 EST (21:00 UTC). Please come back here in early July 2026 for information on the 2027A Call for Proposals.

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World’s largest fully steerable radio telescope partners with NASA’s communications network to support tracking for historic lunar test flight

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The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) Science Center welcomes a head of education, Drew Maerz, this spring. The Science Center opens its doors to thousands of visitors each year, with an exhibit hall, theater, gift shop, cafe, tours, and special events. Maerz comes to the Observatory with over three decades of […]

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Astronomers discover possible millisecond pulsar, challenging ideas about how many neutron stars lurk around the Milky Way’s central black hole. Astronomers from Breakthrough Listen have used the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT) to carry out one of the most sensitive pulsar searches ever aimed at the Milky […]

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Earlier in 2026, more than 60 students from Pocahontas County Public Schools (PCPS) gathered in the main gymnasium of the high school for the annual Science and Engineering Fair — an event that showcases budding scientists, naturalists, and engineers from across the county. Several staff members from the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory […]

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