Prof Allison Strom presents JWST research at 2nd Annual CIERA Astronomy Night Out
On Friday, May 19, 2023, Northwestern Professor Allison Strom presented CIERA’s 2nd annual Astronomy Night Out to a crowd of 165 community members....
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Vicky Kalogera is thrilled by the extraordinary
For the final assignment of her science journalism course, fourth year Northwestern journalism student Katie Liu was inspired to speak to CIERA Director Dr....
Unveiling the origins of merging black holes in galaxies like our own
International team sheds light on enigmatic nature of these celestial ‘beasts’ Northwestern University astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists using advanced...
Exotic stars enable scientists to tune into the hum of a cosmic symphony
Hum holds evidence of record-breaking gravitational waves An international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, have used a galaxy-sized tool composed of 68...
Gravitational waves from supermassive black hole binaries might be ‘right around the corner’
New study further narrows the search for elusive pairs of monster black holes Although astrophysicists have never sensed supermassive black hole binary systems, a...
Mysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way’s center
Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the...
Dying stars’ cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves
Virtual press briefing about new finding took place on Monday, June 5 at 242nd American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting So far, astrophysicists have only...
Gravity Spy 2.0 gears up for the next gravitational wave observing run
As gravitational wave scientists prepared to turn their detectors back on in mid-May, the Gravity Spy Citizen Science team expanded the scope of their...
Four CIERA Members awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The 2023 awardees of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowships include four CIERA members: Elena Gonzalez Prieto, Teresita Ramirez Aguilar, Darsan Swaroop Bellie,...
Postdoc Caitlin Witt named finalist of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Thesis Award
Dr. Caitlin Witt, the CIERA-Adler Postdoctoral Fellow, was named one of three finalists for the American Physical Society’s Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in...
CIERA Associate Faculty Jian Cao Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Jian Cao, the Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McCormick and an Associate Faculty of CIERA has been elected to the American Academy...
Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers
Elusive intermediate-mass black holes take a few bites, then eject the leftovers If they exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars like a...