Citizen scientist group finds 15 rare ‘active asteroids’
March 19, 2024 | UW News
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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, […]
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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.
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SETI Institute Employs SETI Ellipsoid Technique for Searching for Signals from Distant Civilizations
February 14, 2024 | SETI Institute
Scientists reveal SUV-sized camera that will change our grasp of space
February 11, 2024 | Mashable | Mark Kaufman
2023 Buchalter Cosmology First Prize awarded to Dr. Kyle Boone and Dr. Matthew McQuinn
February 6, 2024 | DiRAC News
The $10,000 First Prize was awarded to Dr. Kyle Boone and Dr. Matthew McQuinn of the University of Washington, for their work entitled “Solar System-scale interferometry on fast radio bursts could measure cosmic distances with sub-percent precision”, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters and recognized by the judging panel for “proposing a new method for measuring […]
Read More »DiRAC’s Annual Report 2023
December 15, 2023 | Nikolina Horvat
The report covers DiRAC’s current impact, highlights in science and personnel, in-depth articles, a review on past and upcoming events, as well as recognizing and celebrating our community’s efforts. Explore the remarkable accomplishments at DiRAC throughout 2023.
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Annual Appeal 2023
December 15, 2023 | Mario Juric
Make a Gift Today! Your gifts to DiRAC will enable our students and researchers to continue bringing these discoveries to the world in 2024. Join and support us on that journey, help us train the next generation of leaders in astronomy, and help make UW the center of the (scientific) Universe!
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“Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever
October 31, 2023 | Salon.com | Elizabeth Hlavinka
DiRAC Presents at the UW Foundation Board
October 11, 2023 | James Davenport (DiRAC)
Last week we were delighted to be able to present in front of the UW Foundation Board at their first meeting of the academic year.
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