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Astronomy Newsletter


International Year of Astronomy


The Destruction of Extra-Solar Planets
Brian Jackson, Richard Greenberg, and UW astronomer, Rory Barnes, show that many exoplanets may fall into their parent star because of tidal interaction.


Meet Athena -- The UW's Very Own Supercomputer
With 1024 cores, Athena is used for projects such as simulating the formation and evolution of galaxies.
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