Latest news from Green Bank Observatory on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/astronomers-discover-most-massive-neutron-star-or-least-massive-black-hole/?sc=rsin /articles/astronomers-discover-most-massive-neutron-star-or-least-massive-black-hole/?sc=rsin Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:00:20 EST An international team of astronomers have discovered a massive dark object in orbit around a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar. Green Bank Observatory /�����پ��������/������-�ܱ貵�������-�ٴ�-���󲹰�����-�ٱ��������DZ��’s-���������Dz�/?����=�������� /�����پ��������/������-�ܱ貵�������-�ٴ�-���󲹰�����-�ٱ��������DZ��’s-���������Dz�/?����=�������� Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:05:29 EST The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $1.3 million to upgrade its Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia with an innovative precision laser ranging measurement system. Green Bank Observatory /articles/west-virginia-first-generation-college-students-get-major-boost-to-stem-opportunities/?sc=rsin /articles/west-virginia-first-generation-college-students-get-major-boost-to-stem-opportunities/?sc=rsin Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:05:46 EST West Virginia's First2 STEM Student Success Alliance has received a total of $2,406,954 in new funding as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES grant program, which helps to develop and maintain a diverse, innovative workforce in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Green Bank Observatory /articles/observatories-team-up-to-reveal-rare-double-asteroid/?sc=rsin /articles/observatories-team-up-to-reveal-rare-double-asteroid/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:05:50 EST Near-Earth asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered with observations provided by the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey on Dec. 21, 2017, but no details about the asteroid's physical properties were known until the end of June. This is only the fourth "equal mass" binary near-Earth asteroid ever detected, consisting of two objects nearly identical in size, orbiting each other. Green Bank Observatory /articles/diamond-dust-shimmering-around-distant-stars:/?sc=rsin /articles/diamond-dust-shimmering-around-distant-stars:/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:00:00 EST Some of the tiniest diamonds in the universe - bits of crystalline carbon hundreds of thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand - have been detected swirling around three infant star systems in the Milky Way. These microscopic gemstones are neither rare nor precious; they are, however, exciting for astronomers who identified them as the source of a mysterious cosmic microwave "glow" emanating from several protoplanetary disks in our galaxy. Green Bank Observatory /�����پ��������/�����ٰ��DzԴdz������-���DZ�����-���Dz�������-“w��ǻ�ܲԾ���”-�ɾ��ٳ�-���Գٱ�����ٱ��������-�ڴǰ���Բ�������/?����=�������� /�����پ��������/�����ٰ��DzԴdz������-���DZ�����-���Dz�������-“w��ǻ�ܲԾ���”-�ɾ��ٳ�-���Գٱ�����ٱ��������-�ڴǰ���Բ�������/?����=�������� Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:05:16 EST By comparing new Hubble observations with data from the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have discovered the origin of a huge cloud of gas bridging the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, two dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. Green Bank Observatory /articles/pulsar-watchers-close-in-on-galaxy-merger-history/?sc=rsin /articles/pulsar-watchers-close-in-on-galaxy-merger-history/?sc=rsin Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:05:00 EST Fifty years after pulsar discovery published, massive new data set moves closer to finding very-low-frequency gravitational waves, researchers say. Green Bank Observatory /articles/swarm-of-hydrogen-clouds-flying-away-from-center-of-our-galaxy-/?sc=rsin /articles/swarm-of-hydrogen-clouds-flying-away-from-center-of-our-galaxy-/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:15:28 EST Astronomers using the GBT have discovered what appears to be a grand exodus of more than 100 hydrogen clouds streaming away from the center of the Milky Way and heading into intergalactic space. Green Bank Observatory /articles/astronomers-peer-into-the-lair-of-a-mysterious-source-of-cosmic-radio-bursts/?sc=rsin /articles/astronomers-peer-into-the-lair-of-a-mysterious-source-of-cosmic-radio-bursts/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:00:30 EST Using two of the world's largest radio telescopes, an international team of astronomers has gained new insights into the extreme home of a mysterious source of cosmic radio bursts. The discovery suggests that the source of the radio emission lies near a massive black hole or within an extremely powerful nebula, and may help shed light on what is causing these strange bursts. Green Bank Observatory /articles/breakthrough-listen-to-observe-interstellar-object-oumuamua/?sc=rsin /articles/breakthrough-listen-to-observe-interstellar-object-oumuamua/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:05:14 EST Green Bank Telescope turns its sights on cigar-shaped object moving rapidly through solar system Green Bank Observatory /articles/pulsar-jackpot-reveals-globular-cluster-s-inner-structure/?sc=rsin /articles/pulsar-jackpot-reveals-globular-cluster-s-inner-structure/?sc=rsin Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:00:12 EST Astronomers have spent nearly two decades meticulously tracing the motions of 36 rapidly rotating pulsars, so-called millisecond pulsars, inside Terzan 5 - a massive, ancient star cluster near the center of the Milky Way. The pulsars are gradually "falling" throughout the cluster, tugged by gravity toward regions with greater mass. This new research, published in the Astrophysical Journal, is giving astronomers a clearer picture of the cluster's interior and likely birthplace. Green Bank Observatory /articles/image-release-new-radar-map-reveals-the-moon-s-hidden-geology/?sc=rsin /articles/image-release-new-radar-map-reveals-the-moon-s-hidden-geology/?sc=rsin Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:00:38 EST Astronomers present new radar image of the moon. Green Bank Observatory /articles/image-release-gbt-captures-orion-blazing-bright-in-radio-light/?sc=rsin /articles/image-release-gbt-captures-orion-blazing-bright-in-radio-light/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:00:00 EST Astronomers used the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia to create the largest image ever of the dense band of star-forming gas that weaves its way through the northern portion of the Orion Nebula. Green Bank Observatory /articles/ageless-silicon-throughout-milky-way-may-indicate-a-well-mixed-galaxy/?sc=rsin /articles/ageless-silicon-throughout-milky-way-may-indicate-a-well-mixed-galaxy/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:00:37 EST New surveys with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, of the element silicon may mean that the Milky Way is more efficient at mixing its contents than previously thought, thereby masking the telltale signs of chemical aging. Green Bank Observatory /articles/young-astronomer-presents-research/?sc=rsin /articles/young-astronomer-presents-research/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:10 EST Cannan Huey-You, an 11-year-old astronomer, presents new research from the Green Bank Telescope at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Green Bank Observatory /articles/astronomers-celebrate-inauguration-of-green-bank-observatory/?sc=rsin /articles/astronomers-celebrate-inauguration-of-green-bank-observatory/?sc=rsin Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:30:25 EST Today astronomers celebrate the inauguration of the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, home to the 100-meter Green Bank Telescope, one of the world's most powerful astronomical instruments. Green Bank Observatory