Hubble Space Telescope reveals curious birthplace of record-breaking blast In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. And...
From December 2-5, 2023 CIERA welcomed 62 attendees to the 2023 iteration of the Intermediate-Mass Black Holes conference series. Held at the Grand Caribe...
For the fifth consecutive year, CIERA Professor Claude-André Faucher-Giguère has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics. The full 2023 list includes...
On December 12, 2023, the National Academy of Inventors announced its 2023 Class of Fellows, comprised of 162 academic inventors. Three of these new...
‘I love sharing the wonders of our universe with others through my astrophotography’ Although his work blurs the boundary between art and science, Imran...
JWST unexpectedly reveals nickel and oxygen, which are typically difficult to observe Similar to human teenagers, teenage galaxies are awkward, experience growth spurts and...
Lindsey Byrne, a Northwestern graduate student studying galaxy formation and evolution, has been featured in and on the front cover of DEIXIS, the annually...
Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong will receive the 2024 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. Bestowed annually since 2011 by the American Astronomical Society...
New artificial intelligence tool removes humans from entire search, discovery process A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has...
Article by Marisa Guerra Echeverria for the Daily Northwestern Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted the Chicago chapter of the NASA...
From August 28 to September 1, 2023, 115 researchers from around the world gathered in Evanston for the MODEST-23 star clusters conference. The conference,...
During the week of August 14, 2023 the Zooniverse team held their annual meeting at CIERA. Zooniverse is the world’s largest platform for online...
