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Postdoctoral Opportunities at DiRAC

October 10, 2025 | DiRAC

We invite applications for the 2026 DiRAC Fellowship in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. These up to 3-year full time postdoctoral positions are available to promising early-career scientists.

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Plan to reflect sunlight to power solar panels at night upsets astronomers

October 10, 2025 | Bloomberg

Meredith Rawls spoke to Bloomberg about how Astronomy research would be impacted by plans to reflect sunlight to power solar panels at night.

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Sharper than ever: New algorithm brings the stars into greater focus

October 1, 2025 | Roberto Molar Candanosa | John Hopkins University

John Hopkins University featured research co-authored by eScience director, and the founding director of DiRAC Institute, Andrew Connolly. Johns Hopkins scientists develop method to render Earth-based images as clear as those taken from space.

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Video: Going Deep on the Vera Rubin Observatory, with Željko Ivezić

September 24, 2025 | ArtsUW

What will Rubin Observatory discover that no one’s expecting? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn and answer cosmic queries about the Vera Rubin Observatory, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), and our next big tool to uncover more about the universe with Zeljko Ivezic, Director of Rubin Observatory Construction.

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University of Washington celebrates Rubin Observatory’s debut — and looks ahead

June 27, 2025 | GEEKWIRE | by Alan Boyle

It’s been more than two decades since the University of Washington helped kick off the effort to get the Vera C. Rubin Observatory built in Chile — and now that it’s finished, UW astronomers are gearing up to get in on the first decade of discoveries. The university’s role in the past, present and future of the […]

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