Thought Leader Profile
Mario Juric
Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington
Mario Juric is an associate professor of Astronomy and the director of the Data-Intensive Research in Astronomy and Cosmology (DiRAC) Institute at the University of Washington.
DiRAC is an interdisciplinary institute within the University of Washington's Astronomy department, whose mission is to expand the frontiers of astrophysics enabled by breakthroughs in large surveys, data-intensive algorithms, and software. DiRAC has been a partner on a number of transformative astronomical survey projects, including co-founding the LSST (now the Rubin Observatory).
Mario's research focuses on computational and data analysis aspects of astronomy, astrophysics, and science in general. He is interested in methods and software that enable the use of large scientific datasets to solve experimental and theoretical problems. In astrophysics, he studies the solar system of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 12:50 pm
A Massive New Object Has Been Discovered Beyond Pluto—Could It Be a Dwarf Pla... -
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 pm
Possible new dwarf planet candidate found beyond Pluto and ‘it is big’ - Jang -
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 9:00 am
Scientists think they've just discovered a new dwarf planet like Pluto - Mash... -
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 6:45 am
Possible Dwarf Planet Spotted Beyond Neptune - Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM -
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 3:30 am
Scientists may have found a new dwarf planet in our solar system: What makes ... -
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2026, 12:40 am
Rubin Observatory discovers new dwarf planet candidate beyond Pluto - Nacionale -
Posted on Wed Oct 28, 2026, 6:52 pm
Astronomers make startling discovery of a possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto ... -
Posted on Wed Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 pm
A Hidden World Beyond Pluto Has Just Been Found, and It Could Rewrite the Sol... -
Posted on Wed Oct 28, 2026, 2:59 am
A new pal for Pluto? Rubin Observatory finds its first dwarf planet candidate... -
Posted on Thu Jun 18, 2026, 7:00 am
Rubin Observatory Finds 380 Outer Solar System Objects, Corrects Catalog Bias... -
Posted on Sun Jun 14, 2026, 7:00 am
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Prof. Mario Jurić - Astrobites -
Posted on Thu Apr 30, 2026, 7:00 am
UW astronomers usher in the next chapter of the age of discovery - dailyuw.com -
Posted on Fri Apr 3, 2026, 7:00 am
Rubin Observatory team discovers 11,000 new asteroids, with help from Univers... -
Posted on Fri Apr 3, 2026, 4:47 am
Early data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals over 11,000 new asteroids -... -
Posted on Mon Jun 23, 2025, 7:00 am
UW astronomers help power up telescope featuring world’s largest digital came... -
Posted on Fri Aug 30, 2024, 8:30 pm
Decoding the universe | Be Boundless - University of Washington -
Posted on Sat Sep 30, 2023, 9:00 am
Huge and revolutionary new telescope is in action, footage shows - Mashable -
Posted on Wed Aug 2, 2023, 7:00 am
New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — a... -
Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2023, 8:00 am
Cloud computing for (observational) astronomy - Astrobites -
Posted on Thu Jun 2, 2022, 11:06 pm
Saving Earth from Killer Asteroids - www.discovery.com