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‘Be sure to look around you’: Tips on Seattle eclipse viewing
Bruce Balick, UW professor emeritus of astronomy, shared a few thoughts that he’s written for the upcoming event.
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Got questions about the solar eclipse happening Aug. 21? We’ve got answers.
UW astrophysicist is part of an expert panel about the eclipse.
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Tidally locked exoplanets may be more common than previously thought
Exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked -- according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.
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Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe
Half of the atoms making up everything around you are intergalactic interlopers. Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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Half of our galaxy might come from other galaxies
It turns out that, if new estimates are right, half of the atoms in our galaxy could have been stolen from other galaxies. Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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By teaching computers to track asteroids, UW scientists may save the Earth
In five years, a sky-scanning telescope in Chile will begin hunting the heavens for asteroids on a collision course with Earth, scientists at the UW work to spot them.
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Are asteroids leaving the spotlight? No way, say Asteroid Day activists
NASA may be closing down its grand plan to study a piece of an asteroid up close, but the researchers who focus on near-Earth objects aren’t turning their backs on asteroids.
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Life might have a shot on planets orbiting dim red stars
If exoplanets around M dwarfs host life, it’s probably very different from that on Earth
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Reaching for the Stars — and Exoplanets
Lupita Tovar never expected to go to a four-year college. Now she's a UW graduate pursuing a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics.
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Tiny Jumping Spiders Can See the Moon
An unexpected rain of spiders led to a lovely Twitter geek-out between astronomers and arachnologists.
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For women in science, the challenges are personal
Considerable attention has been devoted to the difficulties facing women in computer sciences, the problems and the search for solutions extend across the range of STEM fields.
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For Modern Astronomers, It’s Learn to Code or Get Left Behind
Astronomers need to know how stars form and black holes burst -- and how to pry that information from the many terabytes of data that will stream from next-generation telescopes.
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SkyMapper Sighting signs up citizen scientists to hunt for supernovae
Calling all citizen scientists: The Australian National University wants you to join the search for supernovae.
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Visiting astronomer at UW part of ‘Styrofoam’ planet discovery
David James, a visiting scientist with the University of Washington Department of Astronomy, assisted in the discovery of an exoplanet.