‘We have a telescope!’ Rubin Observatory construction team installs its huge mirror The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name Play Hubble. Webb. Chandra. Spitzer. Rubin. Roman. And now, Simonyi. With the ramping up of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the… Read More
Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free After a seven-year gap, a total solar eclipse is once again due to make a coast-to-coast run across North America,… Read More
Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations An analysis of more than 100,000 images from the Hubble Space Telescope, conducted with the aid of artificial intelligence and… Read More
Fireball lights up the skies over Seattle It’s cool to see a fireball — but even cooler to capture it on video. At least that’s the way… Read More
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope scores big at America’s premier astronomy meeting It’s not yet clear whether the Seahawks will be in the Super Bowl, but Seattle is in the spotlight this… Read More
Total lunar eclipse could be tricky to watch in the sky — but it’s sure to shine online If you’re on the West Coast, watching tonight’s total lunar eclipse will require a willingness to stay awake in the… Read More
Feast your eyes on the first course of a celestial smorgasbord from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope A day after NASA showed how far the James Webb Space Telescope could dive into the cosmic frontier, scientists released… Read More
Biden unveils first image from Webb Space Telescope, expanding the space frontier President Joe Biden got in on today’s celebration of the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a… Read More
Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks The International Astronomical Union is heading up the creation of a new center to deal with the complications created by… Read More
Webb Telescope fires thrusters to settle in at destination, a million miles from Earth The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope successfully fired its thrusters today to put it in position at the destination… Read More
Astronomers breathe a sigh of relief after Webb Telescope unfolds its mirror in space Two weeks after its Christmas launch, the James Webb Space Telescope finished unwrapping itself today, delighting astronomers in the process.… Read More
Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun The most expensive telescope in the known universe has begun its journey to a vantage point a million miles from… Read More
High cost, high risk, high hopes: There’s a lot riding on the $10B James Webb Space Telescope’s launch The launch of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana could mark a triumph in a tale… Read More
Astronomy professor Emily Levesque looks out at massive stars and back at history of her profession When Emily Levesque was 2 years old, Halley’s Comet made its most recent close pass to Earth. Her older brother… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and more — Not many people can say they’ve traveled to space. Not many can say they were also the original developer… Read More
Scientists unveil Event Horizon Telescope’s first image of a galaxy’s monster black hole WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists today shared the first picture to show the immediate surroundings of a galaxy’s supermassive black hole,… Read More
Rapid-response telescope team shares greatest hits from ZTF sky scanner A state-of-the-art astronomical camera system in California known as the Zwicky Transient Facility is rolling out an early batch of… Read More
Could Barnard’s Star harbor an icy home for life? Astronomers weigh the options Where’s the nearest exoplanet with conditions that are right for life? Over the past couple of years, astrobiologists have talked… Read More
Supernova leftovers preserve evidence of a messy blowup that wrecked two stars In what sounds like a cosmic episode of “CSI,” sleuthing astronomers have figured out what touched off a stellar explosion… Read More
Hubble team has bad news for aliens: Red dwarfs seem to wipe out life’s necessities Red dwarf stars have been seen as the biggest potential frontier for alien life, in part because they’re the most… Read More
3-D views reveal ‘Orion’s Dragon’ in space Spectral readings from the Orion Nebula have charted the cosmic weather patterns for powerful stellar winds that have created a… Read More
‘Oumuamua’s discovery points to plethora of interstellar objects in our galaxy The cigar-shaped object known as ‘Oumuamua may be the first interstellar interloper to be discovered, but it’s not likely to… Read More
Government shutdown is putting a damper on science in Seattle and elsewhere It’s been called the “Super Bowl of Astronomy,” but when the American Astronomical Society’s winter meeting plays out in Seattle… Read More
Einstein’s right again: Star obeys relativity as it whirls around Milky Way’s black hole News Brief: A 26-year-long observational campaign provides clear evidence of the effect that general relativity has on the motion of… Read More
This rocks: Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill thanks astronomer for naming an asteroid after him Luke Skywalker was always looking to the stars. Stuck on a Tatooine farm with a dream of becoming a pilot,… Read More
Antarctic IceCube observatory tracks a single neutrino to solve cosmic ray puzzle An array of detectors buried under a half-mile-wide stretch of Antarctic ice has traced the path of a single neutrino… Read More
NASA delays Webb Space Telescope’s liftoff to 2020, says it may bust $8B budget NASA is delaying the scheduled launch of its next flagship observatory, the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, by a… Read More
Scientists say they’ve detected birth of the first stars – and perhaps dark matter, too Astronomers have detected radio waves from a time within 180 million years of the Big Bang, and they say they… Read More
Super-wide-angle Zwicky Transient Facility celebrates ‘first light’ with help from UW A sky survey that draws upon the data-crunching skills of researchers at the University of Washington has reached a milestone… Read More
