Marcia Bartusiak presents 2023 CIERA Annual Public Lecture
On October 5th, nearly 200 people gathered at Cahn Auditorium to hear Marcia Bartusiak present her talk The Day We Found the Universe: A...
Profile Christine Ross
REACH 2023 sessions see highest attendance to date
Research Experiences in Astronomy at CIERA for High School Students (REACH), a highly interactive, 3-week program (with an optional 3-week extension) offers high school...
21 undergraduates conduct summer research with REU and ISG
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 2023 This summer, CIERA hosted 15 undergraduate students from 12 different institutions as a part of the Research Experiences...
Unprecedented gamma-ray burst explained by long-lived jet
First large-scale numerical simulation of black hole-neutron star merger matches puzzling observations Last year, Northwestern University researchers uncovered new observational evidence that long gamma-ray...
Prof Wen-fai Fong Named AT&T Research Fellow
On July 31, 2023, CIERA Professor Wen-fai Fong was selected as an AT&T Research Fellow by Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. This...
Watch an exoplanet’s 17-year journey around its star
Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of...
Listen to a star ‘twinkle’
New study is first to determine how much stars should innately twinkle Many people know that stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends...
Stellar demolition derby births powerful gamma-ray burst
Never-before-seen scenario suggests a new way to destroy a star Artist’s Impression of a gamma-ray burst. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/M. Zamani While searching...
PhD Candidate Emma Kaufman awarded Chateaubriand Fellowship
PhD Candidate Emma Kaufman has won the Chateaubriand Fellowship, a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States which supports outstanding...
CIERA Connections: Harry Kraemer on living a values-based life
On May 22, the CIERA Café was filled to capacity to hear award-winning Kellogg Professor and former CEO of Baxter International Inc. Harry Kraemer...
Aaron Geller and Alex Gurvich showcase Firefly on AAS Journal Author Series
On May 27, 2023, CIERA Research Assistant Professor Aaron Geller and former NSF Graduate Fellow Alex Gurvich were featured on the American Astronomical Society...
“Interconnected: A Journey Through Inner and Outer Space”: A CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium by Nia Imara
On May 18, 2023, Dr. Nia Imara, astrophysicist and visual artist, presented CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium to 55 individuals at The Block Museum. Her talk,...