- NEWS
- October 9, 2009High-School Astronomy Sleuth Meets President Obama
- October 8, 2009Job openings with the GBT
- October 1, 2009Release of New Dynamic Scheduling System for the GBT
- September 22, 2009 South Harrison High School Student Discovers Pulsar-like Object
- June 09, 2009 Radio Telescopes Extend Astronomy's Best "Yardstick," Provide Vital Tool for Unraveling Dark Energy Mystery
- May 27, 2009 Green Bank Telescope participates in discovery of radio supernova in M82
- May 21, 2009 "Missing Link" Revealing Fast-Spinning Pulsar Mysteries
- EVENTS
Welcome to the NRAO in Green Bank, West Virginia
NRAO operates the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), the world's largest fully steerable single aperture antenna. In addition to the GBT, several other telescopes exist at the Green Bank site.
Image Credit: Barry Sharp, NRAO/AUI
High School Sophomore Discovers Pulsar-like Object
Lucas Bolyard at the controls of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
A West Virginia high-school student analyzing data from a giant radio telescope has discovered a new astronomical object -- a strange type of neutron star called a rotating radio transient. Lucas made the discovery while participating in a project in which students are trained to scrutinize data from the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope. The project funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation is open to teachers from West Virginia and surrounding states and their students. More information is available at http://www.gb.nrao.edu/epo/psc.shtml/
