Home Observatory in remote West Virginia mountains to remain open WVU students watch the sky at night

WVU students watch the sky at night

A student stands in the doorway of the control room for the 40-foot Telescope at the Green Bank Observatory. (Photo by Raymond Thompson Jr.)

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