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  • James Webb Space Telescope could begin learning about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a single year, study indicates

    New research from astronomers at the UW.

    08/21/2019 | UW News
  • Finding Their Place

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

    June 2019 Perspectives
  • Two UW students honored by Goldwater Foundation

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

    University of Washington
  • Feast Your Eyes on the First Image of A Black Hole

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

    NOVA
  • Triangulum Galaxy shows stunning face in detailed Hubble portrait

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

    UW News
  • At the UW, our sci-fi future has arrived

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

    UW Columns
  • Searching for Life in the Great Beyond

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

    November 2018 Perspectives
  • Fascinating! Astronomers spot super-Earth orbiting Mr. Spock’s fictional home star

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

    GeekWire
  • Our Neighbor Andromeda May Have Cannibalized Another Galaxy

    UW Astronomy assistant professor Sarah Tuttle is quoted.

    Gizmodo
  • Scientists At NASA’s Nexus For Exoplanet System Science Evaluate How To Distinguish Life On Other Planets

    University of Washington astronomer Victoria Meadows is quoted.

    The Inquisitr
  • Meteorite search off the Washington coast recovers two small fragments

    University of Washington astronomy professor Don Brownlee, a meteorite and comet recovery and research expert was consulted for this mission.

    The Seattle Times
  • Summer Solstice 2018: The Search for Life in the Galaxy

    Rory Barnes, assistant professor at the University of Washington Department of Astronomy is quoted.

    The New York Times
  • Orbital variations can trigger ‘snowball’ states in habitable zones around sunlike stars

    New research from astronomers at UW shows that large obliquity variations in a planet in the "habitable zone" will increase the likelihood for a frozen surface.

    UW News
  • Circumbinary castaways: Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds

    New research from the UW Department of Astronomy helps to explain why astronomers have detected few circumbinary planets.

    UW News
  • A lunar wonder … or a washout? Your guide to the super blue blood moon eclipse

    Geographically speaking, the Pacific Northwest is one of the best places in America to see tonight’s super-hyped total lunar eclipse. Meteorologically speaking? Not so much.

    GeekWire

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