Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks
February 4, 2022 | GEEKWIRE, ALAN BOYLE
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Are communication satellites leading to “the end of astronomy as we know it”?
January 27, 2022 | The Economist
UW Department of Astronomy research scientist, Meredith Rawls, explains the effects of satellite constellations on observatories.
Read More »Former Google CEO invests in computing help for university scientists
January 21, 2022 | Science, Adrian Cho
Schmidt Futures philanthropy launches Virtual Institute for Scientific Software
Read More »Dr. Gwendolyn Eadie Wins 2021 Polanyi Prize in Physics
January 18, 2022 | DiRAC NEWS
DiRAC Alumni, Dr. Gwendolyn Eadie, wins 2021 Polanyi Prize in Physics for her leadership and research in the emerging interdisciplinary field of astrostatistics.
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Simulated SPHEREx spectra of asteroids and their implications for asteroid size and reflectance estimation
January 17, 2022 | DiRAC NEWS
In January 2022, published paper by Zeljko Ivezić, Vedrana Ivezić, Moeyens Joachim… DiRAC members Joachim Moeyens and Zeljko Ivezić, aided by a DiRAC guest researcher Vedrana Ivezić, led a multi-institutional team of scientists who produced and analyzed simulated SPHEREx spectra of asteroids. SPHEREx is a 2-year NASA space mission scheduled for launch in less than […]
Read More »Supernova Siblings and their Parent Galaxies in the ZTF Bright Transient Survey
January 12, 2022 | DiRAC NEWS
Published paper by Melissa Graham Supernovae are the explosions of stars that can be seen across vast distances, appearing as new bright points of light in optical images of the sky, even when the original star was far too faint to be detected. When different types of stars explode (e.g., low-mass and high-mass) they cause […]
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Željko Ivezić appointed Director of Rubin Observatory Construction
January 4, 2022 | Rubin Observatory
On January 3, 2022, Željko Ivezić assumed the role of Director of Rubin Observatory Construction, appointed by Matt Mountain, AURA President. Professor Ivezić has been involved with Rubin Observatory/LSST since its inception in the early 2000s, serving for many years as Project Scientist and head of the Project Science Team.
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Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun
January 3, 2022 | GeekWire, Alan Boyle
UW astronomers take on the liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket and James Webb Space Telescope.
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Mapping the “Cosmic Web”
December 17, 2021 | Research
A tenet of modern cosmology is the existence of the “cosmic web”, a vast filamentary structure formed via the collapse of matter due to gravity. This structure is ubiquitous in cosmological simulations yet challenging to observe due to its diffuse nature. Recently, a new technique was developed which is inspired by the growth and movement […]
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Meet DiRAC’s Postdoctoral Fellow: Pedro Bernardinelli
November 29, 2021 | DiRAC NEWS
Pedro Bernardinelli was born in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of São Paulo. After that, he got his Ph.D from University of Pennsylvania, focusing on the development and application of new techniques for the discovery and characterization of the most distant bodies in our Solar System, trans-Neptunian […]
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