Imagine life without mobile phones Wi-Fi GPS Bluetooth devices or microwave ovens That rsquo s the way it is in the little town of Green Bank West Virginia known as ldquo the quietest town in America rdquo It rsquo s also the location of the Green Bank Observatory the world rsquo s largest steerable radio telescope The telescope needs ldquo quiet rdquo to ldquo listen rdquo to naturally occurring radio waves emitted by the movement of pulsars and galaxies in deep space It has a surface area larger than a football field and stands in the center of the National
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