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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 […]

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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

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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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Group seeks to understand how a new type of satellite will impact Earth-based astronomy

October 3, 2023 | UW News | James Urton

A team of scientists has been tracking a bright object in the sky. But it’s not a star. It’s a new type of commercial satellite. Astronomers are trying to understand how its brightness and transmissions will interfere with Earth-based observations of the universe — and what can be done to minimize these effects as more […]

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BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky

October 2, 2023 | Space.com

“It is unacceptably bright for many sky observers around the world,” Meredith Rawls (UW, DiRAC) co-author of a paper on the finding and member of the IAU Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS), told Space.com.

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Astronomers Worry About Bright Object in Night Sky

October 2, 2023 | Newsweek

A new satellite has become one of the brightest objects in the night sky, sparking concerns among scientists for the future of astronomy. Meredith Rawls (UW, DiRAC) is featured.

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Satellite Streak, ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS

To study the cosmos, scientists manage an astronomical amount of data

September 3, 2023 | JAMIE SWENSON | UW Magazine

In northern Chile in 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin gathering images of the night sky. “First light” (as astronomers call the moment a telescopic eye first opens) will inaugurate the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—the most ambitious and comprehensive optical astronomy survey ever undertaken. The UW was one of four […]

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Introducing the 2023 Summer Student Research Prize Winners

August 8, 2023 | DiRAC, James Davenport

Thanks to the generous support of the DiRAC Advisory Board, and the local UW Astronomy community, we are proud to introduce our Student Research Prize Winners for Summer 2023! This year we are excited to award 5 summer prizes, including students across a wide range of astronomy and astrophysics research topics…

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