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Happy Asteroid Day!
June 30th is Asteroid Day! Live broadcast from Luxembourg! Astronauts, astronomers, scientists, students, teachers, and interested citizens around the world are coming together at this very moment to learn about and discuss asteroids.
Read MoreDr. Gwendolyn Eadie received the J.S. Plaskett Medal
CASCA is pleased to announce Dr. Gwendolyn Eadie as the 2018 recipient of the J. S. Plaskett Medal. Dr. Eadie completed her doctoral studies at McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. William Harris. In her thesis entitled “Lights in…
Read MoreDiRAC Institute in B612 Press Release
New Research Fellows to work on Asteroid Tracking and Analyses
Read MoreDiRAC Institute in GeekWire
Berkeley astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter discusses the implications of the universe’s accelerating expansion at the University of Washington.
Read MoreADAM Hack Days 2017
DIRAC hosted the first B612/Asteroid Institute ADAM (“Asteroid Decision/Analysis Machine”) HackDays.
Read MoreLSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program
The 4th session of the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program took place at the University of Washington in September 2017.
Read MoreThe DIRAC Institute
Realizing opportunities for data-driven discovery in astronomy and astrophysics.
Read MoreSaving the Earth from Asteroids with Big Data
By Teaching Computers To Track Asteroids UW Scientists May Save The Earth
by Kathrine Long