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August 31, 2016
The discovery of a roughly Earth-size planet around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to Earth, has generated a lot of buzz. ct.moreover.com
August 26, 2016
In case you weren’t on Earth on Wednesday, here’s what you missed: Astronomers found a planet as close by as a planet could possibly be — in the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. ct.moreover.com
August 24, 2016
An Earth-sized planet that could boast water, even an ocean, has been found circling the star nearest our sun. usatoday.com
August 24, 2016
On Wednesday astronomers made the kind of announcement that can only occur once in human history: the discovery of the nearest potentially habitable world beyond our solar system. ct.moreover.com
August 10, 2016
This year’s Perseid meteor shower is expected to be unusually intense. UW astronomer Woody Sullivan is quoted. seattletimes.com
July 4, 2016
Using observations of storms in the solar system, a team of astronomers has extrapolated to predict lightning on several exoplanets. newscientist.com
June 27, 2016
Scientists for the first time have directly detected key organic compounds in a comet. cbc.ca
June 20, 2016
Robert Stacey, Dean of the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences, announced that Suzanne Hawley will be the next Divisional Dean for the Natural Sciences. Read More
June 11, 2016
Are we alone? Fifty-five years ago, astronomer Frank Drake came up with an equation that weighed the odds for aliens. geekwire.com
June 11, 2016
Alien life on exoplanets just might not flourish and just might die young, according to one study. Another study, co-authored by UW astronomy professor Woody Sullivan, is referenced. inquisitr.com
June 2, 2016
Astronomers think they've found a "super Earth" that might be capable of sustaining life. UW scientists Eric Agol, Rory Barnes, Cecilia Bitz, Benjamin Charnay and Victoria Meadows were involved. cbsnews.com
May 28, 2016
The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered key building blocks of life in the dust of a comet. inquisitr.com
May 27, 2016
Wealthy technologist, Nathan Mygrvold, claims some of the world’s top experts on Earth-threatening asteroids are guilty of bad science. Željko Ivezic, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted. scientificamerican.com
May 23, 2016
Nathan P. Myhrvold, a former chief technologist at Microsoft and compiler of a six-volume compendium of cooking knowledge, has questioned NASA’s analysis of asteroids using heat emissions. nytimes.com
May 19, 2016
New research suggests that more planets in the Milky Way galaxy may harbor advanced civilizations than we previously imagined. huffingtonpost.com