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Donald G. York, co-founder of Sloan Digital Sky Survey and 'visionary' astronomer, 1944-2025
January 15, 2026
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:

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Donald G. York, co-founder of Sloan Digital Sky Survey and 'visionary' astronomer, 1944-2025

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Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the interstellar and intergalactic mediums, died Dec. 26 at . . .

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