Research

Check out the Hubble space telescope's stunning new view of the Andromeda galaxy

(January 23, 2025)

Why a new telescope may help the search for alien life in space

(January 22, 2025)

Panorama of our nearest galactic neighbor unveils hundreds of millions of stars

(January 16, 2025)

Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study reveals

(January 9, 2025)

ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Autumn Quarter Roundup

(January 9, 2025)

Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in

(January 8, 2025)

Intergalactic carbon makes up our bodies, says Hubble study

(January 7, 2025)

Carbon atoms in your body traveled 400,000 light-years in space

(January 6, 2025)

The carbon in our bodies probably left the galaxy and came back on cosmic ‘conveyer belt’

(January 3, 2025)

If planet nine exists, we’ll find it soon

(December 17, 2024)

More than 10,000 supernovae counted in stellar census

(December 6, 2024)

Rubin Observatory telescope team installs its huge mirror

(October 11, 2024)

Starlink satellites create light pollution and disrupt radio frequencies — and it's getting worse

(October 3, 2024)

Shhh! The orcas can’t hear their dinner

(September 13, 2024)

The biggest galaxies live in our universe's supercluster 'cities'

(September 9, 2024)

Scientists will study nearby galaxies to uncover galactic formation history and dark matter

(August 29, 2024)

Galaxies in clusters are bigger than those flying solo in the universe

(August 19, 2024)

Galaxies in dense environments tend to be larger, settling one cosmic question and raising others

(August 13, 2024)

Heising-Simons 51 Peg b Postdoctoral Fellowship open for applications

(July 25, 2024)

This revolutionary new observatory will locate threatening asteroids and millions of galaxies

(June 20, 2024)

Despite global climate change, Earth is surprisingly carbon poor

(May 13, 2024)

Killer asteroid hunters spot 27,500 overlooked space rocks

(May 1, 2024)

If alien life is found, how should scientists break the news?

(April 15, 2024)

Q&A: Eclipses arenât just good for jaw-dropping views â theyâre also opportunities for stellar science, says UW astronomer

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)

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)

Space Telescope Science Institute and Brinson Foundation

UW selected as host institution for Brinson Prize and 51-Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowships

(September 15, 2023)

Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea -- others are skeptical

(September 3, 2023)

Purple-blue starry night sky of the Milky Way

Introducing the 2023 Summer Student Research Prize Winners

(August 11, 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)

A nearby supernova could be our chance to hear from aliens

(June 12, 2023)

Secrets of the stars

(May 29, 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)

A color rendition of NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, created from black-and-white exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and 2020.

How did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It’s complicated

(February 14, 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)

How did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It’s complicated

(January 11, 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)

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)

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)