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November 24, 2008
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This discovery was enabled by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, funded by NSF.
This discovery was enabled by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Funded by NSF, the GBT is the world's largest, fully steerable radio telescope and is located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's site in Green Bank, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
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