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Caption: Skynet Junior Scholars will observe the invisible universe with this 20-meter radio telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, W.Va. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Daniel Reichart has been using Green Bank telescopes since 1991, his senior year in high school.
Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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