Alan Kaptanoglu to lead optimization in a three-year project that will build neural network models to explore ne

Alumnus Gary Lai and his wife, Natalya Yudkovsky, have established a fellowship to support faculty research in s

Orb weavers sense prey through their webs.

One small motor can take a whole structure apart, which will be especially useful for disassembly in space.

Walter Christiansen steered the department through one of the harder stretches in our history as chair from 1992

A new study answers the question of how sea-diving birds are so good at diving and absorbing impact with implica

Alan Kaptanoglu returns to the UW where he will study plasma modeling, scientific machine learning and nuclear f

Senior student Mark Platonov has been named a 2026 Astronaut Scholar, joining a class of 79 scholars from 54 uni

SPACE Lab brings expertise in aerodynamics, spacecraft dynamics, and VLEO control, including research on the use

Governor Bob Ferguson appoints Professor and Chair Mehran Mesbahi to serve on the new Washington Space Council t

At the 2026 Awards Ceremony we recognized two alumnae, Julia Kelson and Donna Whitney, whose careers embody the department’s spirit of discovery, service and […]

Geologic outcrops provide critical information about a wide range of Earth processes, including tectonics, sedimentary transport and climate. Former […]

In January 2026, five ESS undergraduates and Associate Professor John Stone travelled to Vancouver, Canada, to attend the Association for Mineral Exploration's […]

Teaching Professor Terry Swanson has taught more than 50,000 students, a truly staggering number, through ESS 101: Introduction to Geology and Societal […]

Something as simple as an invitation to participate can change the course of an individual’s career and their impact on the geoscience community. From 1971 […]

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred on the Kitsap Peninsula on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 28. Pacific Northwest Seismic Network Director and ESS Professor Harold […]

A study from the APL’s Aditya Khuller, ESS affiliate assistant professor, and former ESS undergraduate student Pari Mohan shows that the top layer of ice […]

This highlight features a recent paper co-authored by ESS Adjunct Professor Caroline Strömberg, UW professor of biology. Capybaras like their habitats wet and […]

In “REGEN: A New Future For Farming, Food, and Health,” David R. Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, lays out practical and […]

In March 2025, UW Geoclub's spring break trip took students through southern Washington and along the Oregon coast, through the Columbia Gorge, Wallula Gap and […]

The Hubble Space Telescope has generated the most comprehensive survey yet of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest galactic neighbor to the Milky Way. The new […]

NASA has awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to establish a regional scientific consortium based at the University of Washington, in partnership with […]

Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could host microbial life. New results show that dusty ice could allow deeper layers to melt, while allowing […]

An international team including a UW scientist found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors phosphates, a key building block of life. The team used […]

Scientists suspect that the red streaks crossing the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is a frozen mixture of water and salts, but its chemical signature […]

A planetary scientist worked with engineers to measure the physical limits of a liquid for salty water under high pressure. Results suggest where robotic […]

After years of preparation, a tiny satellite built by UW students is scheduled to launch early Saturday, Nov. 2, from a NASA flight facility in Virginia. The […]

A new model for plasma flow within the sun provides novel explanations for sunspots, the 11-year sunspot cycle, solar magnetic reversals and other previously […]