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The star Gaia17bpp, circled in red, as shown by the Pan-STARRS1 and DSS missions.
Unusually brightening star captures attention as a stellar oddity
An artistic rending of the star Gaia17bpp being partially eclipsed by the dust cloud surrounding a smaller companion star.
The seven-year photobomb: Distant star’s dimming was likely a ‘dusty’ companion getting in the way, astronomers say
The military is about to launch a constellation
From Artemis to Webb, take a look back - and a look ahead - at the year's top trends in aerospace
JWST images comparing the distribution of hot gas and molecular outflows from the central stars in ehe Southern Ring Nebula
JWST shows how several stars "stirred up" the Southern Ring Nebula
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows how several stars ‘stirred up’ the Southern Ring Nebula
James Davenport (standing), associate director of the DiRAC Institute, meeting with the 2022 DiRAC Summer Research Prize recipients.
Big Data in the Night Sky
Satellite Constellations Are an Existential Threat for Astronomy
Satellite constellations are an existential threat for astronomy
Meteor lights up night sky in Pacific Northwest
near earth orbit satellites in DECam field of view
Lots of junk is floating in outer space. How can we clean it up?
Some dying stars could have hidden conspirators shaping their afterlife
Webb's First Deep Field
UW astronomer: NASA's new telescope shows clearest images of other galaxies to date
Quotation of the Day: A stunning new peek into the ancient cosmos
Biden and NASA unveil James Webb Space Telescope's first image
James Bardeen, an expert on unraveling Einstein's equations, dies at 83
William Herschel is famous for science ? what about his music?
How 'Big Data' could help SETI scientists focus the search for aliens
Planet Nine: The answer to this cosmic mystery may come sooner than you think
The first privately funded killer asteroid spotter is here
discovered asteroid trajectories with Earth in the foreground
Saving Earth from killer asteroids
New tool detects potential impact asteroids with help from the past
Overhead view of trajectories of solar system asteroids discovered by B612 institute
UW-developed, cloud-based astrodynamics platform to discover and track asteroids
Julie Lutz
Remembering Professor Julie Lutz
Where and how to make the most of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, peaking May 4 to 5