• NEWS
• Latest Call for GBT Proposals - Trimester 09B - Deadline: 2 February 2009, 5:00 P.M., EST
• October 29, 2008 Karen O'Neil New Assistant Director for Green Bank Operations
• October 8, 2008 Young Galaxy's Magnetic Field Surprises Astronomers Listen to the NPR podcast!
• June 18, 2008 A GUPPI, a Phoenix and the GBT in the first edition of NRAO's "e-newsletter!
• May 27, 2008 GBT supports successful Mars Phoenix Landing!
• Apr 22, 2008 First High Redshift Detections with the Zpectrometer
• Mar 28, 2008 Movies of the Moon with the GBT
• EVENTS
• December 20, 2008 Star Party. Begins at dusk
• January 26, 2009 Applications due for 2009 Summer Student Programs.

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: NRAO/AUI

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National Radio Quiet Zone turns 50!

November 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a resource unique in North America--the National Radio Quiet Zone.

The Wednesday, November 19 edition of the Washington Post carries a well researched article about one person's tour of the Green Bank Observatory and its location in the National Radio Quiet Zone.

Likewise, the Observatory and the National Radio Quiet Zone were featured on the Nov. 18 broadcast of the world renowned Star Date radio program. Listen to the program here.