UW astronomers take on the liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket and James Webb Space Telescope.
Read More »Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun
January 3, 2022 | GeekWire, Alan Boyle
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Northern lights make appearance over Washington
October 12, 2021 | KUOW
Northwest astronomy fans got a treat Monday night as clear skies provided an excellent view of the northern lights over Washington state.
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Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) Awakens
September 23, 2021 | Rubin Observatory
Great success for Rubin Observatory! On the summit, the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) began moving manually in azimuth and elevation on a thin film of oil in early September—for the first time since factory testing in Spain. You can see a video of this achievement on the Rubin Observatory YouTube channel.
Read More »“Superflares” may be less harmful to exoplanets than previously thought, study shows
August 5, 2021 | UW News
An international team of astronomers, including DiRAC research professor James Davenport, reports that superflares pose only a limited danger to exoplanets because the flares tend to originate near the poles of the stars – not the equator where most exoplanets orbit.
Read More »DiRAC astronomers propose a “SatHub” to track megaconstellations
July 30, 2021 | space.com
Dr. Meredith Rawls, DiRAC Research Scientist, discusses recommendations from the recent “SATCON2” workshop
Read More »Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms
July 19, 2021 | Nature
Working with the United Nations, scientists hope to establish standards for satellite ‘megaconstellations’ and reduce disruption of astronomical observations.
Read More »Asteroids in the inner solar system
July 1, 2021 | Physics Today
Observations and computer simulations of their orbits and interactions with planets yield insights into the asteroids’ dynamic lives. Sarah Greenstreet is a senior researcher with the B612 Asteroid Institute in Mill Valley, California, and a research scientist with the Dirac Institute at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Read More »Astronomers Thrill at Giant Comet Flying into Our Solar System
June 30, 2021 | Jonathan O’Callaghan
In October 2023 a new telescope in Chile called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin a 10-year survey of the entire overhead sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). “Typical telescopes find objects out to 50 or 60 AU,” says LSST team member Mario Jurić of the University of Washington. “With LSST, we […]
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Streak of lights over Pacific Northwest was Falcon 9 rocket debris
April 2, 2021 | King 5 News
Dr. James Davenport, research assistant professor of astronomy at the UW and DiRAC associate director explains the current event in the KING 5 news coverage.
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Astronomers Document the Rise and Fall of a Rarely Observed Stellar Dance
January 14, 2021 | James Urton | UW News
A team led by Dr. James Davenport, research assistant professor of astronomy at the UW and associate director of the UW’s DIRAC Institute, analyzed more than 125 years of observations of HS Hydra – from astro-photographic plates in the late 1800s to 2019 observations by TESS – and showed how this system has changed dramatically over the course of just a few generations.
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