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Welcoming our New Department Chair, Dr. Werk
(April 1, 2024)
Space Telescope Science Institute and Brinson Foundation
UW selected as host institution for Brinson Prize and 51-Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowships
(September 15, 2023)
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Husky Giving Day 2023 was a success!
(April 12, 2023)
Headshots from Left to right of: Renee Ludlam, Shouleh Nikzad, Linda Shore, Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers, and Emily M. Levesque.
AAS Names Recipients of 2023 Awards & Prizes
(February 2, 2023)
Julie Lutz
Remembering Professor Julie Lutz
(May 27, 2022)
Emily Levesque
Prof. Emily Levesque receives Guggenheim Fellowship
(April 14, 2022)
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Professor Vikki Meadows Named AAS Fellow
(January 25, 2022)
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Professor Željko Ivezić to Lead Rubin Observatory Project
(January 25, 2022)
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Welcome New Chair Professor Thomas Quinn
(October 25, 2021)
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New high-precision measurements of TRAPPIST-1 planets
(January 22, 2021)
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UW astronomers document a century of changing stellar eclipses
(January 22, 2021)
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UW Faculty and Students Secure MRO for Winter
(December 15, 2020)
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Bruce Balick Follows the Decline and Fall of the Youngest Planetary Nebula
(December 3, 2020)
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Professor Emily Levesque to discuss The Last Stargazers with University Book Store
(September 30, 2020)
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UW astronomers discover “fast yellow pulsating supergiants”
(September 25, 2020)
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Zakkir Rahman ’20 Featured In UW Arts & Sciences Newsletter
(June 17, 2020)
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Prof Vikki Meadows Interview: Exoplanet Atmospheres and Biosignatures
(February 17, 2020)
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Prof Jess Werk Named 2020 Cottrell Scholar
(February 10, 2020)
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UW Astronomer Awarded Research Prize
(January 21, 2020)
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UW Astronomy & Physics Alumni Among Breakthrough Prize Awardees
(September 12, 2019)
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UW’s Mobile Planetarium featured in KING5 news
(June 30, 2019)
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Finding Their Place: Aleezah Ali
(June 28, 2019)
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Remembering Former UW Prof. George Lake
(June 21, 2019)
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Pacific Science Center Highlights UW Astronomy Outreach
(April 18, 2019)
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Prof. Vikki Meadows Featured in The Atlantic
(June 11, 2018)
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DiRAC Open House and Research Highlights
(May 21, 2018)
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DiRAC Institute Open House, May 11th
(May 8, 2018)
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Prof. Vikki Meadows To Receive Drake Award
(May 1, 2018)
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UW Undergraduate Tyler Valentine Named Goldwater Scholar
(April 4, 2018)
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Graduate Student Kathryn Neugent Discovers Rare Runaway Star
(March 30, 2018)
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Prof. Andy Connolly Appointed to JHU Society of Scholars
(February 27, 2018)
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Prof. Jessica Werk Awarded Sloan Fellowship
(February 15, 2018)
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Serious Fun: Mysteries & Secrets
(January 23, 2018)
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Prof. Julianne Dalcanton Awarded Beatrice Tinsley Prize
(January 9, 2018)
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UW Astronomers Observe Interstellar Asteroid
(January 8, 2018)
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Giant black hole pair photobombs Andromeda Galaxy
(November 30, 2017)
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“Life in Space” screening at Pacific Science Center
(November 27, 2017)
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Zwicky Transient Facility Sees First Light
(November 15, 2017)
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DIRAC-B612 ADAM HackDays
(October 9, 2017)
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Solar Eclipse Aug 21, 2017
(July 17, 2017)
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By teaching computers to track asteroids, UW scientists may save the Earth
(June 29, 2017)
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Reaching for the Stars — and Exoplanets
(June 9, 2017)
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Arachnoastronomy?
(June 6, 2017)
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UW Astronomy featured in Wired Magazine article about Coding in Astronomy
(May 30, 2017)
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Astronomy Graduation Celebration: Friday June 9
(May 25, 2017)
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Outreach for the stars: UW Planetarium brings astronomy education to kids of all ages
(May 4, 2017)
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Graduate student John Ruan named recipient of Dan David Prize Scholarship
(April 5, 2017)
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Prof. Emily Levesque receives Sloan Fellowship for outstanding early-career research
(February 21, 2017)
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Seattle astronomer Woodruff Sullivan searches for life in the stars
(February 10, 2017)
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Remembering Prof. Erika Böhm-Vitense
(January 25, 2017)