Discoveries with the Green Bank Telescope

By: Jay Lockman (NRAO, Green Bank)

This talk will review some of the discoveries that have been made in recent years using the Green Bank Telescope.  I will cover the solar system, including the spin of Mercury and volcanoes on Venus; insights into the formation of stars; discovery of complex molecules in interstellar space and their possible connection to life on Earth; the structure and evolution of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies; and many other topics. The talk is aimed at a general audience with some scientific interest but no particular expertise in astronomy.

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