Department of Astronomy

Rory Barnes, assistant professor of astronomy, puzzles what would happen if Earth were a superplanet.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, elaborates on how new observations have allowed a star to be studied more closely.

Rory Barnes, assistant professor of astronomy, discusses the feasibility of aspects of the galaxy in which sci-fi movie series Star Wars takes place in.

University of Washington Professor of Astronomy Paula Szkody will serve as the AAS president starting in 2020.

Julianne Dalcanton, professor and chair of astronomy at the UW, led the team that captured an image that may look like a ghostly apparition, but it is not.

Assistant Professor of Astronomy Matthew McQuinn has teamed up with an international team of astronomers to discover more about the clouds of gas surrounding galaxies.  

Assistant Professor of Astronomy Jessica Werk describes the evolution of galaxies from gas in the early universe to the present

New research from astronomers at the UW.

Four graduating seniors share the places that defined their UW experience. 

Selected from 1,223 nominees from across the country, Natural Sciences undergraduates Chris Moore and Irika Sinha were named Goldwater Scholars.

Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, weighs in on the significance of the first image of a black hole.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced a stunningly detailed portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, displaying a full spiral face aglow.

Science fiction has come alive in our modern world. Current projects at the UW show that some literary fantasies will soon be reality.

Wondering if we've got neighbors? UW astrobiologists are looking for signs of life elsewhere in the Universe. 

Assistant Research Professor Rory Barnes' published paper is cited in a recent article about fictional Star Trek Planet Vulcan.