SDSS-III Press Releases

We provide here a list of SDSS-III press releases. A similar list of SDSS-I/II press releases can be found on the original SDSS webpages.

Stars in Our Galaxy Move Far from Home
(July 30, 2015)
Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Make the Most Precise Measurement Yet of the Expanding Universe
(April 7, 2014)

A One-Percent Measure of the Universe
(January 8, 2014)
This is Your Galaxy: New data help astronomers explore the hidden Milky Way
(July 31, 2013)
So These Stars Orbit in a Bar...
(December 19, 2012)
The Great Space Coaster: Astronomers Measure the Universe's Deceleration before Dark Energy Took Over
(November 13, 2012)
Gone, with the Wind
(October 1, 2012)
New 3-D Map of Massive Galaxies and Distant Black Holes Offers Clues to Dark Matter and Dark Energy
(August 8, 2012)
When Dark Energy Turned On
(March 30, 2012)
Two Heads Are Better than One
(March 20, 2012)
Fireworks
(February 27, 2012)
The Sloan Guide to the Universe
(January 12, 2012)
New Instrument Peers Through the Heart of the Milky Way
(January 9, 2012)
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
(January 9, 2012)
A Beast With Four Tails
(December 1, 2011)
These Little Lights of Mine: 14,000 Quasars Shine a Light on the Distant Universe
(May 1, 2011)
Astronomers Release the Largest Color Image of the Sky Ever Made
(January 11, 2011)
A New Search for Dark Energy Begins
(October 1, 2009)

Other press releases using SDSS data

Surprising new class of "hypervelocity stars" discovered escaping the galaxy
(January 9, 2014)
Gas Falling Into Black Holes? York U Researcher Discovers Unusual Type of Quasar
(November 4, 2013)
Researchers publish enormous catalog of more than 300,000 nearby galaxies
(September 24, 2013)
Public maps out an A to Z of galaxies
(September 11, 2012)
Scientists discover that Milky Way was struck some 100 million years ago, still rings like a bell
(June 28, 2012)