A colloquium speaker this week is Dr. Andreja Gomboc from the University of Nova Gorica The colloquium is hybrid and will have the option to attend both in-person and virtually. It will start at 3:30pm PT in PAA A102. Refreshments will be served at 3:15pm. Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91838346429 Meeting ID: 918 3834 6429 Title: “Tidal disruptions of stars – from simulations to […]

Speaker: Colin Orion Chandler UW, PAB, Room C341 Insights into Volatile Distributions via Exo/Planetary Data Science: Active Asteroids, Planet 9 Climate, and Beyond Bio: Doctoral Candidate Colin Orion Chandler is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awardee and Presidential Fellow at Northern Arizona University. Colin models planetary atmospheres with advisor Ty Robinson and […]

“Rubin Observatory and LSST: Powering the Next Wave of Astronomical Discovery, from mapping the Solar System to understanding of Dark Energy” The Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), starting in mid-2024, will be the most comprehensive optical astronomy project ever undertaken. Rubin will take panoramic images of the entire visible sky twice […]

Astronomy, satellites, and the future of our sky We are witnessing a new era as skies fill with thousands of low-Earth-orbit satellites that reflect sunlight. Observational astronomy at all wavelengths is increasingly affected, and so is the shared human experience of the night sky. For optical ground-based astronomy, the impacts of satellites are worst for large wide-field facilities. […]