Newsletter Do not miss out on the latest research, collaboration news, and upcoming event details. Sign up here and receive DiRAC’s newsletter in your inbox. DiRAC Spring 2026 Newsletter | Coming soon… DiRAC Fall 2025 Newsletter Newsletter & Annual Report Archive 2025 Annual Report 2025 Annual Report 2025 Newsletters October 2025 Letter from the Director Meet DiRAC’s Research Team: Nick Tusay University of Washington and DiRAC at the Frontier of Rubin Science: From DP1 to LSST Readiness Ultra-fast rotators among Rubin’s first asteroid discoveries Exploring the Dynamic Solar System with Rubin Observatory and Citizen Science Report on LEO satellite impacts on ground-based optical astronomy for the Rubin Observatory LSST June 2025 Letter from the Director Welcome to your First Look at the cosmos from the Rubin Observatory Lecture | Rubin Observatory’s First Look and exciting new era of discoveries at the University of Washington! Millions of new solar system objects to be found and ‘filmed in technicolor’ – studies predict Welcome to the Rubin Era April 2025 Letter from the director First photon with LSST Camera is imminent DiRAC Members Drive Success in Testing Rubin’s Active Optics System in Chile Nora Shipp receives Collaborative Innovation Award Interstellar Insights: Outreach at the Emerald City Comic Con Meet the DiRAC Team: A Look at the Scientists Shaping the Future of Astronomy Supporting the 2025 Summer Research Prize 2024 Annual Report 2024 Annual Report 2024 Annual Appeal 2024 Annual Appeal 2024 Newsletters October 2024 Letter From the Director Decoding the Universe Meet DiRAC’s Research Team: Peter Ferguson Denser Environments Cultivate Larger Galaxies Celebrating the 2024 Summer Research Prize Winners DiRAC Hosted A Stellar Evening at the Planetarium June 2024 Letter From the Director DiRAC Planetarium | June 12th at 6:00 pm LSST Camera Made Its Way to the Rubin Observatory Algorithms pioneered at DiRAC help Asteroid Institute and Google Identify 27,500 New Asteroids The Camera is in the Building! April 2024 Letter From the Director Support Astronomy students on Husky Giving Day 2024 Using AI for Wave-front Estimation with the Rubin Observatory Active Optics System 2023 Buchalter Cosmology First Prize awarded to Dr. Kyle Boone and Dr. Matthew McQuinn Citizen Scientists Uncover Hidden Secrets of the Solar System: “Active Asteroids” Project Reveals Dozens of Rare Celestial Bodies 2023 Annual Report 2023 Annual Report 2023 Annual Appeal 2023 Annual Appeal 2023 Newsletters October 2023 Letter From the Director Student Research Prize Program Successfully Completed New Algorithm Discovers ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid To study the cosmos, scientists manage an astronomical amount of data June 2023 Letter From the Director UW Astronomers Share the Latest Research at the DiRAC Planetarium Event Thank You For Your Support on Husky Giving Day! DiRAC Researchers Featured on the UW Homepage Research Highlight: Detecting Ring Galaxies Using Deep Learning February 2023 Letter From the Director DiRAC EVENT: Planetarium Experience & Institute Tour Support DiRAC & Astronomy Department at the Husky Giving Day 2023 2022 Newsletters May 2022 Letter From the Director New Summer Research Prize for UW Students Astronomy on Tap is Back Supernova Siblings and their Parent Galaxies in the ZTF Bright Transient Survey Heavens Need Environmental Protection Just Like Earth, Experts Say December 2022 2021 Newsletters June 2021 December 2021 2020 Newsletters October 2020 2019 Newsletters July 2019 December 2019 2018 Newsletters December 2018 2018 DiRAC Newsletter.pdf
