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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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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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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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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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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June 24, 2025 | UW News | by Jackson Holtz
A new era of astronomy and astrophysics began Monday when the first images captured by the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released, demonstrating the extraordinary capabilities of the new telescope and the world’s largest digital camera. Officials in Washington, D.C., unveiled large, ultra-high-definition images and videos, as well as discoveries of thousands of new asteroids. Astronomers and […]
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June 23, 2025 | James Davenport | DiRAC
The Rubin Observatory released its first images to the world today… and our work will never be the same.
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June 22, 2025 | The Washington Post | By Joel Achenbach
The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m. EST, followed by a news conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington.
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June 20, 2025 | The New York Times | By Jonathan Corum and Kenneth Chang
At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is the world’s largest digital camera. About the size of a small car, it will create an unparalleled map of the night sky. The observatory’s first public images of the sky are expected to be released on June 23. Here’s how its camera […]
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June 20, 2025 | GeekWire | by Alan Boyle
After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the world is invited. The observatory in the foothills of the Chilean Andes features a monster of a telescope, with an 8.4-meter-wide (28-foot-wide) mirror, coupled with what’s said to be the world’s largest digital camera.
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