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Zwicky Transient Facility Telescope, With 576-Megapixel Camera, Sees 'First Light'
A group of scientists from CalTech and the UW has modified an old telescope to create a powerful tool capable of capturing high-definition images of the Northern sky.
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With launch of new night sky survey, UW researchers ready for era of ‘big data’ astronomy
Scientists with the UW and nine additional partner institutions, announced that the Zwicky Transient Facility has seen “first light."
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Earth-sized alien worlds are out there. Now, astronomers are figuring out how to detect life on them
Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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Gravitational wave hubbub hints at LIGO’s first sighting of a neutron star smash-up
Another big announcement about gravitational waves is coming up, and this time the hints point to observations in electromagnetic wavelengths as well.
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Our Nearest Neighboring Star Might Have Been Stolen From Somewhere Else
New evidence from a pair of scientists in the UK shows that our nearest star could have been "stolen." Russell Deitrick, UW graduate student in astronomy, is quoted.
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A 'Pale Green Dot': Why Proxima Centauri b May Have a Shiny Tint
A world orbiting the sun's closest stellar neighbor may have a shiny green tint to it. Rodrigo Luger, a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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Proxima b May Have An Aurora That We Can Detect
A study has suggested it might be possible to detect aurorae on Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, which might tell us about the planet’s potential habitability.
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Here's Why They Put A Bunch Of Women On The Ceiling At Grand Central Terminal
Step inside the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal and you'll see a lot of hurried faces peeking at the ceiling. Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted.
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Rumours swell over new kind of gravitational-wave sighting
Gossip over potential detection of colliding neutron stars has astronomers in a tizzy. Peter Yoachim, a UW astronomer, is quoted.
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Seattle companies to workers for eclipse: Stop working and go outside
Buildings across campus and the city were "closed for science" during Monday's eclipse.
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I watched a flock of chickens during the solar eclipse so that you didn’t have to
Bruce Balick, a professor emeritus from the Department of Astronomy, observed chickens during the eclipse.
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‘Be sure to look around you’: Tips on Seattle eclipse viewing
Bruce Balick, UW professor emeritus of astronomy, shared a few thoughts that he’s written for the upcoming event.
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Got questions about the solar eclipse happening Aug. 21? We’ve got answers.
UW astrophysicist is part of an expert panel about the eclipse.
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Tidally locked exoplanets may be more common than previously thought
Exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked -- according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.
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Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe
Half of the atoms making up everything around you are intergalactic interlopers. Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.