Watch this video of the Washburn Labs built Star Tracker 5000 delivering another flawless performance on a sounding rocket flight to observe comet ISON.
Nov.26.2013 | Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Washburn Labs on a world premiere: the flawless delivery, installation, and inauguration of the first ever adaptive fiber IFUs for the WIYN telescope.
Nov.15.2013 | Continue Reading »
UW-Astronomy postdoc Carlos Vera-Ciro and Assistant Professor Elena D'Onghia have just completed the first massively parallel scientific simulation at the new UW-Madison supercomputer.
Aug.04.2013 | Continue Reading »
From Antigo, Wisconsin, Maggie Turnbull (BS Astronomy 1998) searches for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Jun.17.2013 | Continue Reading »
GLIMPSE 360 images show new views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories.
Jun.10.2013 | Continue Reading »