October 27, 2026 | The New York Times | Kenneth Chang
“This is hopefully just the first of many finds,” Mario Jurić, the lead solar system scientist for the Rubin Observatory, said during a news conference on Tuesday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s division for planetary sciences in Spokane, Wash.
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October 27, 2026 | UW News
Scientists may add a new dwarf planet to the official roster of our solar system. Congratulations to the entire team! Check out PBS Nova video here.
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October 14, 2026 | James Davenport, DiRAC
Our students and staff produce creative and fascinating data visualizations to share their work. This new monthly Award celebrates the art and science of what we’re busy doing…
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August 31, 2026 | UW News
Arpit Arora‘s new paper is featured in this UW News press release
Read More » August 31, 2026 | KUOW
Andy Tzanidakis and Jim Davenport are featured in this episode of “Pocket Science” from KUOW.
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July 22, 2026 | UW News
Modern astronomy is producing more data than ever before. Powerful telescopes — like the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the DOE-NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory — and other instruments around the world are collecting detailed information about billions of stars, galaxies and other cosmic objects.
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June 30, 2026 | UW News
From a mountaintop in Chile, under clear dark skies, the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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June 30, 2026 | NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NSF NOIRLab
The 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time has officially started, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics
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May 18, 2026 | Quanta Magazine | Jonathan O'Callaghan
Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.
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May 13, 2026 | AAS NOVA | Kerry Hensley
Featuring Colin Orion Chandler (LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing Frameworks; University of Washington) and collaborators describing how they tracked down 3I/ATLAS in Rubin’s commissioning data after the object’s discovery was announced.
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