Mario Jurić
Professor at the University of Washington and the Director of their Dirac Center. Responsible for the software that discovers time varying and motion and objects in motion in the newly commissioned Vera Rubin Observatory.
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Jun 23, 2025 • 52min
First Data from Vera Rubin Observatory Rewrites Astronomy (Starting Now)
In this engaging dialogue, Mario Jurić, a Professor at the University of Washington and the Director of the Dirac Center, shares groundbreaking insights from the newly commissioned Vera Rubin Observatory. Jurić reveals how the observatory rapidly discovered over 2,000 asteroids in just ten hours, revolutionizing asteroid detection. He discusses its capabilities in multi-messenger astronomy, the promise of mapping dark matter, and upcoming data that might change our cosmic understanding. The conversation also touches on democratizing astronomy through citizen science and the integration of AI in data analysis.
Aug 30, 2023 • 59min
A new algorithm finds its first potentially hazardous asteroid
A next-generation asteroid discovery algorithm, HelioLinc3D, has successfully identified its first potentially hazardous asteroid. Mario Jurić and Ari Heinze from the University of Washington join Planetary Radio to discuss the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory and how their team's new asteroid detection algorithm can help defend our world. The Planetary Society editorial director, Rae Paoletta, marks the successful landing of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO's) Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon. Then Bruce Betts, the chief scientist of The Planetary Society, pops in for What's Up and a conversation about space dreams. Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2023-algorithm-potentially-hazardous-asteroid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
