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Husky Giving Day 2024: Support astronomy students today!
March 25, 2024 |
Your contribution on Husky Giving Day (HGD) is a catalyst for a student-centered initiative led by DiRAC and the Department of Astronomy! Make a gift today! Join us in our mission to achieve 20 gifts before April 4th and unlock a $10,000 challenge. Every contribution, regardless of the amount, brings us closer to our goal. […]
Read More »Citizen Scientists Uncover Hidden Secrets of the Solar System: “Active Asteroids” Project Reveals Dozens of Rare Celestial Bodies
March 18, 2024 | Colin Orion Chandler
In a groundbreaking collaboration between scientists and the global community, the “Active Asteroids” Citizen Science project has unveiled a trove of discoveries, shedding light on a poorly understood population of objectspreviously unknown “active minor planets” in our solar system. Launched on August 31, 2021, through a NASA Partner program hosted on the Zooniverse online platform, […]
Read More »Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
March 13, 2024 | Rubin Observatory News
Rubin Observatory’s primary/tertiary mirror was successfully moved from a storage building into the observatory on March 7, 2024.
Read More »SETI Institute Employs SETI Ellipsoid Technique for Searching for Signals from Distant Civilizations
February 14, 2024 | SETI Institute
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