Featured Science
A Slow-Rotating Pulsar in a Nearby Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a very slowly rotating X-ray pulsar still embedded in the remnant of the supernova that created it. This unusual object was detected on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy… Continue Reading »
UWRightNow
Washburn Taking Part in UW Live Blog Event
With moonlight shining in open slit of the Washburn Observatory dome, the general public takes advantage of the public open house viewing using the observatory’s vintage telescope. Photo by Jeff Miller, University Communications Continue Reading »
Featured Science
A Laboratory for Early Star Formation
UW-Madison Astronomers unveil how diffuse atomic hydrogen is converted into dense molecular hydrogen in molecular clouds, leading us one step further towards an understanding of star formation. Continue Reading »
Higher Education
Student Learning in the Planetarium
Do students learn more about the motions of the Sun and the stars in the sky in the planetarium versus the classroom? That’s the question graduate student Paul Sell set out to answer in his “Assessing Student Learning in… Continue Reading »
Featured Science
How Blue Straggler Stars Stay Young
UW Department of Astronomy Chair Bob Mathieu and Northwestern University Postdoctoral Fellow and UW graduate Aaron Geller explain the origins of mysterious blue straggler stars and why they don’t show their age. Continue Reading »
Department News
Commissioning the Robert Stobie Spectrograph
With the successful installation of the Robert Stobie Spectrograph comes a new set of challenges and experiences. Continue Reading »
