Asteroid hunters say they’ve found 27,500 new prospects in search for space rocks A team of asteroid hunters that includes researchers at the University of Washington says it has identified 27,500 new, high-confidence… Read More
Scientists successfully test algorithm for identifying potentially hazardous asteroids A new technique for finding potentially hazardous asteroids before they find us has chalked up its first success. In this… Read More
Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the race to find asteroids Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in bunches of… Read More
Asteroid Institute’s first fellows come with credentials that are out of this world A Silicon Valley institute focusing on the perils and prospects posed by near-Earth objects has chosen its first senior research… Read More
How number crunchers could help crack the cosmological mystery of dark energy Big data just might give astronomers a better grip on the answer to one of the biggest questions in physics:… 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
UW’s DIRAC Institute gears up for big data from wide-angle telescope surveys A new data analysis center for what’s expected to be torrents of astronomical imagery is taking shape at the University… Read More
