Department News
WOCS Takes 100,000th Spectrum
The WIYN Open Cluster Survey has been exploring the nature of star clusters and stellar evolution for over 20 years now. Celebrate the 100,000th spectrum recently taken as part of the survey with us. Congratulations, Bob Mathieu… Continue Reading »
Challenge Grant
Help Us Put Salt on a High Fiber Diet
Our Washburn Labs Team devised an ingenious way to turn SALT's Robert Stobie Multi-Object Spectrograph into an Integral Field Spectrograph. Through April 2017, your gift will be matched, dollar for dollar, through a challenge… Continue Reading »
Science News
The Great American Eclipse
See the 2017 solar eclipse unfold in a stunning series of images taken by Astronomy Major Lauren Laufman. Continue Reading »
Science News
WHAM Sky Survey Release
Imagine taking a spectrum of hydrogen emission from the entire sky. That's what the Wisconsin H-alpha Mapper (WHAM) has done! With the release of the WHAM Sky Survey, scientists can now explore the Galaxy in a brand new way. Continue Reading »
Department News
Ellen Zweibel Wins Maxwell Prize
UW-Astronomy professor Ellen Zweibel was awarded the 2016 Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics, the highest honor in the field. Continue Reading »
