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Radio astronomy research facility & Science Center. Live feed from the Green Bank Telescope. A major facility of the National Science Foundation.
Green Bank, West Virginia
Joined February 2010
☀️ Summer Hours start next week! ☀️. The Green Bank Science Center is open DAILY from 9:30-5:30 through September 1. During the summer, the Starlight Café is also open daily from 9:30-5:30 (made-to-order lunches 11:00 -2:00 only):.
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NEW: Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way. The newly discovered "Midpoint cloud" offers a rare glimpse into star formation and the dynamic flow of galactic material toward the Milky Way's center.
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Join us TODAY at 6:00 PM EDT for the Fort Warwick talk!. Not in Green Bank? Not a problem! You can also join the talk via Zoom.
Join us at the Green Bank Science Center for an evening of archaeology as Drs. Kim and Stephen McBride present the latest results from the excavations recently completed at Fort Warwick!. 🗓️ Tuesday, July 15.⏰ 6:00 PM. Free and open to the public; no registration required.
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Heads up! The Science Center, Galaxy Gift Shop, and Starlight Café will close early on Saturday, July 26 to allow our staff to attend the final portion of our annual employee picnic. The Science Center and Gift Shop will close at 5 PM. The last tour will be offered at 4 PM.
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NEW - Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles. Fragile hydrogen clouds surviving inside the superheated Fermi Bubbles reveal that the Milky Way’s most extreme outflows are younger and more complex than ever imagined.
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RT @TheNRAO: Listen to Associated Universities' latest podcast episode now! 🎙️🎧. Spotify: Podbean: .
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Join us at the Green Bank Science Center for an evening of archaeology as Drs. Kim and Stephen McBride present the latest results from the excavations recently completed at Fort Warwick!. 🗓️ Tuesday, July 15.⏰ 6:00 PM. Free and open to the public; no registration required.
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Sandblasting is underway! 💨📡 Before the Green Bank Telescope's structure can be repainted, it needs a thorough blast cleaning to remove the existing paint. Read more about this summer's crucial maintenance project:. 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF GBO
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With GBT maintenance and repainting underway, you might be treated to some cool views on a self-guided walking tour! 📡👀. Most trails are still open - but please observe posted guidance for trail closures/detours. Our Walking Tour Map has been updated:
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RT @TheNRAO: The NSF NRAO invites scientists to participate in the Semester 2026A Call for Proposals:. Very Large Array (VLA).Green Bank Te….
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Protecting the Cosmos: NSF NRAO Leads Critical Spectrum Studies to Safeguard Radio Astronomy. NSF NRAO has received funding from the U.S. @NSF to expand its study of the radio spectrum and the key radio frequency bands being considered for repurposing.
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Green Bank Observatory was excited to be an official First Look Watch Party location – thanks for joining us this morning! – and we look forward to seeing more data from this innovative instrument. Congratulations, Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs!.
Here it is: the first set of riches from Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest!. Introducing @NSF–@doescience Rubin Observatory's first wide, deep view: the southern region of the Virgo Cluster. Rubin made this image in just 10.5 hours over parts of 7 nights!.
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Don't forget to join us THIS MONDAY at the GBO for a first look at images taken by the world's largest camera, our friends at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! @VRubinObs.
We invite the public to join us at the Green Bank Observatory for a first look at images taken by the world's largest camera, our friends at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! @VRubinObs . 🗓️ Monday, June 23.📍 Green Bank Observatory Science Center.⏰ 10 AM - 12 PM
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🚨 AstroBio Teachers Workshop - Registration Deadline is THIS FRIDAY, June 20! 🚨. Only a few spots left, so register now!
Calling all Middle and High School Science Teachers! . Join us for AstroBio 2025, a 5-day Astrobiology Workshop at the Green Bank Observatory (📍WV). 🗓️ June 29 – July 4, 2025.💰 FREE! (Room & Board included + stipends). Spots are limited so register now!
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This Friday! 📡🎬.
At @WVFilmOffice we love to celebrate WV day with new WV film. Celebrate WV Day at @WVStateParks as Beech Fork State Park hosts Small Town Universe, the award-winning film about @GreenBankObserv and @NSF #YesWV #wvfilm #wvday
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Children's activities will also be offered from 10-11 AM. Find out more about the First Look on the Rubin Observatory website: or email sdesaint@nrao.edu. [Photo Credit: H.Stockebrand/RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA].
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• 10 AM – NSF's Dr. Glen Langston will provide an overview of the @VRubinObs telescope and the incredible discoveries we can expect. • 10:45 AM – Coffee break with breakfast pastries. • 11:00 AM – Rubin's First Look Livestream begins. • 11:20 AM – First images are released.
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We invite the public to join us at the Green Bank Observatory for a first look at images taken by the world's largest camera, our friends at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! @VRubinObs . 🗓️ Monday, June 23.📍 Green Bank Observatory Science Center.⏰ 10 AM - 12 PM
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And summer hours are here, which means we're open 7 days a week from 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM! 📡.
@cqcqcqdx The Green Bank Observatory in WV has a Visitor Center and offers guided tours of the radio telescopes. Worth checking out!
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NEW from #AAS246: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space. Discovery (using GBT data!) of seven-ring cyanocoronene in a star-forming cloud challenges assumptions about the abundance and formation of complex organic molecules in the universe.
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RT @WBOY12News: In May, 12 News took a special tour of the National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope, the largest fully-steerable ra….
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