SURVEY: Would you follow this sign? 🪧 Phones and electronics can interrupt the research we do at the GBO site. Help us determine which signage would be most effective. forms.gle/Bo4qJzrALUQ5GN… This survey is a Rutgers University student externship project in support of GBO.

Join us this Thursday – in-person or virtual! – for a free public lecture about A Sign in Space with media artist Daniela De Paulis. Light reception to follow the talk. 🗓️ Thursday, December 12 ⏰ 3:30 PM EST 📍 Green Bank Science Center Auditorium greenbankobservatory.org/events/a-sign-…

Had a great week at #AAS245! Great to attend great talks, make new connections, and reconnect.

Are you or do you know any 5-8th grade STEM teachers looking for ​free ways to connect their students with real STEM professional mentors? Tell them to apply to host the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program next year! See prescientist.org/for-teachers/ for details.

There’s still time to apply to be a STEM Pen Pal! 💌✨ Help a middle schooler see themselves in STEM by exchanging just 4 letters over the school year.  ⏳ Applications close soon!  prescientist.org/volunteers #STEMPenPals #LettersToAPreScientist

🔭✨ Happy National Woman Astronomers Day! I am grateful for those that came before me and look forward to continuing to contribute to the field. In celebration of this day, here is a picture of a few of the fantastic women I work with at Green Bank Observatory! 🌌 📡

A recent survey of nearly 900 postdocs at the Max Planck Society reveals: 🔹 28% show signs of severe depression 🔹 25% struggle with severe anxiety 🔹 More than half oppose contract caps that force them out after 4–6 years 🔹 International researchers (75% of the cohort) face

Only 1 day left to apply for the 2026 Mirzayan Fellowship Program. Don’t miss your chance to take part in this unique science policy experience in Washington, D.C. Apply now: ow.ly/PCF250WjYCU #MirzayanFellowship #SciencePolicy #FellowshipOpportunity #CountdownToDeadline

A very cool timelapse of the painting of the upper part of the feed arm of the GBT!

Do you know a high school student who is interested in astrophysics? Here is a list of 10 Astrophysics Summer Programs for High School Students! See horizoninspires.com/blog/astrophys… for more details.