Announcements

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Heising-Simons 51 Peg b Postdoctoral Fellowship open for applications 
July 25, 2024
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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
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AAS Names Recipients of 2023 Awards & Prizes
February 2, 2023
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Remembering Professor Julie Lutz
May 27, 2022
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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