In the Press

If alien life is found, how should scientists break the news?
April 15, 2024
Subtle Seattle eclipse show couldn't outshine local enthusiasm
April 10, 2024
Cloudy weather further reduces 2024 solar eclipse visibility
April 9, 2024
A black and white image of a full solar eclipse, with corona.
Q&A: Eclipses aren't just good for jaw-dropping views — they're also opportunities for stellar science, says UW astronomer
April 4, 2024
Scientists complete world’s biggest camera for ‘greatest movie of all time’
April 4, 2024
Starry sky above a glowing sunset
What the Sky Teaches Us
April 1, 2024
10 Washington road-trip spots recommended by the people who know them best
March 28, 2024
SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A
February 15, 2024
Is there a ninth planet out there? We may soon find out
January 9, 2024
NASA boosts deep-space interferometer and other far-out ideas
January 5, 2024
"Like Google for the sky": Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever
October 23, 2023
Group seeks to understand how a new type of satellite will impact Earth-based astronomy
October 2, 2023
Astronomers worry about bright object in night sky
October 1, 2023
Five UW faculty members elected as AGU Fellows, plus more honors
September 18, 2023
Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!
September 7, 2023
Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea -- others are skeptical
September 3, 2023
New algorithm hunting for dangerous asteroids spots its first one during test
August 2, 2023
'Potentially hazardous' 600-foot asteroid detected near Earth after a year of hiding in plain sight
August 2, 2023
Scientists test algorithm that spots potentially hazardous asteroids
July 31, 2023
Discovery images from the ATLAS survey, with 2022 SF289 visible in the red boxes.
New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
July 31, 2023
New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
July 30, 2023
Poetry for the Moon
June 26, 2023
A nearby supernova could be our chance to hear from aliens
June 12, 2023
What is out there
Secrets of the stars
May 29, 2023
Faculty/staff honors: Legal education innovation award, stellar astronomical writing and more
March 21, 2023
Debby Tran, Eric Agol, and Mario Juric speaking to students at the UW Astronomy table at the AAS conference.
A Recap: American Astronomical Society 241st Meeting in Seattle
March 15, 2023
Video: Lummi Nation School students visit UW to talk to International Space Station astronaut
February 16, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!
February 2, 2023
How did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It’s complicated
January 11, 2023
The star Gaia17bpp, circled in red, as shown by the Pan-STARRS1 and DSS missions.
Unusually brightening star captures attention as a stellar oddity
January 10, 2023
Composite HST image of Triangulum galaxy compared to distributions of old and young stars.
Old and new stars paint very different pictures of the Triangulum galaxy
January 10, 2023
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
January 9, 2023
From Artemis to Webb, take a look back - and a look ahead - at the year's top trends in aerospace
January 2, 2023
The military is about to launch a constellation
January 2, 2023
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
December 8, 2022
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows how several stars ‘stirred up’ the Southern Ring Nebula
December 7, 2022
James Davenport (standing), associate director of the DiRAC Institute, meeting with the 2022 DiRAC Summer Research Prize recipients.
Big Data in the Night Sky
December 1, 2022
Satellite Constellations Are an Existential Threat for Astronomy
November 7, 2022
Satellite constellations are an existential threat for astronomy
November 6, 2022
Meteor lights up night sky in Pacific Northwest
October 13, 2022
near earth orbit satellites in DECam field of view
Lots of junk is floating in outer space. How can we clean it up?
September 21, 2022
Some dying stars could have hidden conspirators shaping their afterlife
August 28, 2022
Webb's First Deep Field
UW astronomer: NASA's new telescope shows clearest images of other galaxies to date
July 17, 2022
Quotation of the Day: A stunning new peek into the ancient cosmos
July 12, 2022
Biden and NASA unveil James Webb Space Telescope's first image
July 11, 2022
James Bardeen, an expert on unraveling Einstein's equations, dies at 83
July 4, 2022
William Herschel is famous for science ? what about his music?
June 26, 2022
How 'Big Data' could help SETI scientists focus the search for aliens
June 22, 2022
Planet Nine: The answer to this cosmic mystery may come sooner than you think
June 16, 2022
discovered asteroid trajectories with Earth in the foreground
Saving Earth from killer asteroids
June 2, 2022