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December 8, 2022
In a study to be published in Nature Astronomy, an international research team, which includes UW Astronomy's Professor Bruce Balick, analyzed 10 highly detailed exposures taken by the JWST of the Southern Ring Nebula. Their calculations show the central star that ejected the expanding nebula gas was originally three times the mass of the sun, and that unseen companions shaped the nebula’s intricate features. This analysis utilizes some of the first data... Read more
December 1, 2022
Astronomers at the UW’s Astronomy Department and DiRAC Institute have been preparing for a flood of data from the upcoming Rubin Observatory. Thanks to support from our community, undergrads have joined the effort in a new Summer Research Prize program.
Read the full article in the UW Arts and Sciences Perspectives Newsletter.
November 7, 2022
As artificial satellites continue to plague the night sky, a new prototype may outshine Jupiter. These objects pose a threat to the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory; work-arounds risk choking the entire observation pipeline, finds Dr. Meredith Rawls. Featured in Scientific American.
November 6, 2022
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