AUI and UNC-Chapel Hill are currently seeking undergraduate students to contribute to cutting-edge research in astronomy education. This paid opportunity, open to education and STEM majors, explores the impacts of new curriculum centered on the use of robotic telescopes.
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Can Astronomers Use Radar to Spot a Cataclysmic Asteroid?
Feb 23, 2024
A new instrument concept from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) called the next generation RADAR (ngRADAR) system will use the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) and other current and future facilities to support planetary defense efforts.
Astronomers Discover Most Massive Neutron Star—or Least Massive Black Hole
Jan 19, 2024
Green Bank Telescope helps MeerKAT uncover a mysterious object at the boundary between black holes and neutron stars.
Massive Gas Clouds Escape Center of Milky Way
Jan 11, 2024
The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope has discovered over 250 gaseous clouds being blasted out of the center of the Milky Way into interstellar space. A decade ago, astronomers weren’t aware of this phenomenon. It took years of observations, and some surprising finds, to produce this latest result.