A&A’s Plasmawise Lab is selected for the first round of awards under Helion Energy's new university research

Joe Armas (A&A ‘98) has spent the last 20 years solving aerospace engineering problems at Otis Elevator.

Varanasi Fellow Kevin Manohar upsamples the hidden physics of turbulent flight.

Researchers create computational and physical models of the Moon to test harvesting power from magnetic anomalie

A&A is leading the development of nuclear fusion, harnessing the power of a manufactured miniature sun.

Mark Dunn’s simulations capture non-equilibrium effects previous plasma models missed.

Condit Fellow Spencer Kraisler resurfaces old math papers to speed up control theory.

Samuel Buckner's work on perception-aware rocket guidance wins the 2026 Best GNC Paper Award.

The UW Office of Research's new program helps faculty researchers engage and inspire the public about the benefi

The fellowship recognizes Remy's work in the CTRL Lab on making autonomous systems safer and more socially aware

Smaller quakes from secondary faults occur more frequently than previously thought, says new study published in Geology by ESS researchers Elizabeth Davis and […]

In a new study, Haskelle White-Gianella and Joshua Krissanen-Totton show that an Earth-sized planet likely needs at least 20 to 50% of the water in Earth’s […]

A new study authored by Maleena Wjeratna Kidiwela, with mentorship from ESS Associate Professor Marine Denolle, indicates that a difference between the […]

A swarm of offshore earthquakes near the Pacific Northwest poses no threat to land, says ESS Professor and PNSN Director Harold Tobin.

Two disciplines in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences ranked in the top 10 nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate […]

This highlight features a recent paper by ESS Adjunct Professor Peter Ward about the habits and habitats of 'living fossils' Nautilus and Allonautilus. ESS […]

Co-authors David Montgomery and Marine Denolle are quoted.

In a new study published in Science, a team led by UW researchers, including Marine Denolle, David Montgomery, Abby Swann and Nicoleta Cristea, examine the […]

Underwater waves triggered by falling icebergs are playing a bigger role in Greenland's ice loss than previously thought. ESS postdoc Dominik Gräff is lead […]

Professor David Catling of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences has been elected as a 2026 Geochemical Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European […]

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 […]