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In this year’s letter, Prof. Mario Jurić reflects on the impact we’ve made together and shares the vision for the year ahead. Your support is key to our continued success – especially as we prepare for the Rubin Observatory operations starting in 2025.
January 17, 2025 | Vera C. Rubin Observatory
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.
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December 18, 2024 | SciAm | Robin George Andrews
If there’s a hidden world in the solar system, a new telescope should find it
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December 6, 2024 | UW News | James Urton
On Dec. 4, ZTF researchers — including astronomers at the University of Washington — announced that that they have identified more than 10,000 of these stellar events, the largest number ever identified by an astronomical survey.
Read More »December 3, 2024 | DiRAC
I’m excited to reach out to you today as we close out another year of groundbreaking scientific work. Our focus for 2025: realizing the 20 years of investment in Rubin by producing the first ground-breaking science from this paradigm-changing telescope.
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November 25, 2024 | DiRAC News
2025 Joint DiRAC Fellowship and Baum Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovative Astronomy is open now and it is due December 31, 2024. DiRAC is creating an environment where scientists can harness interdisciplinary expertise to solve some of the most difficult questions facing Astronomy today.
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