Postdoc Anna Childs discusses M-dwarfs on SETI Live Broadcast
On Thursday, February 9, CIERA Postdoc Anna Childs was invited onto SETI Live (weekly live-streamed discussions about ongoing research, education projects, and science news)...
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Wen-fai Fong named ‘Rising Star’ by Astronomy Magazine
Honor recognizes 25 distinguished early career astronomers Astronomy Magazine named Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong to its list of “Rising Stars in Astronomy,” an honor recognizing...
CIERA Alum Daniel Anglés-Alcázar wins Cottrell Scholar Award
Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named 25 early career scholars as recipients of its 2023 Cottrell Scholar Awards. Founded in 1912 by educator,...
Graduate student’s photos of green comet featured in major media outlets
A green-hued comet has made its closest approach to Earth, wowing night sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere who caught a glimpse of the...
CIERA REU Students Present at 241st Meeting of the AAS
Students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program presented their research projects at the 241st American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. The conference...
Ultracool dwarf binary stars break records
Astrophysicists discover the closest and oldest ultracool dwarf binary ever observed Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists...
Research Student Madeline Oh Named a Top 300 Teen Scientist by Regeneron Science Talent Search
Eighteen-year-old Madeline Oh, a research student working with Vicky Kalogera and co-advised with former CIERA Fellow Maya Fishbach and current graduate student Chase Kimball,...
Local Group Cluster Search led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Cliff Johnson
The Local Group Cluster Search, a Zooniverse project led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow and Adler Planetarium Zooniverse Science Lead & Co-Director Cliff Johnson, recently...
CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano Presents “Extremely Cool Detectors On a Fireball: Launching the Micro-X Sounding Rocket”
On December 1, 2022, 55 individuals gathered to hear Professor Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium. His talk, “Extremely Cool Detectors on a...
REU Site Directors Meeting Led by CIERA’s Aaron Geller
From November 19 – 20, Northwestern University hosted the 2022 Physics REU Site Directors Workshop. Originally planned to take place right as COVID hit,...
Surprise kilonova upends established understanding of long gamma-ray bursts
Long gamma-ray bursts can be generated by neutron star mergers, study finds For nearly two decades, astrophysicists have believed that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)...
Team with Northwestern astrophysicists competes for $300 million
One of just two finalists, team receives $3 million from NASA to refine its proposed mission NASA has selected STAR-X, a space mission proposed to...