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Operated by the National Science Foundation, the Green Bank Observatory has made a number of major scientific breakthroughs and offers a variety of educational workshops and activities for students of all ages. The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia is the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the United States and the world. Astronomers use Green Bank radio telescopes to observe the naturally occurring radio waves that come from stars, planets, galaxies, clouds of dust, and molecules of gas. |