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We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine

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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More than 10,000 supernovae counted in stellar census

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.

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DiRAC Annual Appeal

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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Open Position, Apply Before December 31, 2024

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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Telescope with world’s largest digital camera will be a ‘game-changer’ for astronomy

October 28, 2024 | CNN | Jacopo Prisco

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock some of the universe’s deepest secrets.

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