Flickers and flares: Milky Way’s central black hole constantly bubbles with light
JWST reveals ongoing, rapid-fire light show The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party —...
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Prof. Jason Wang and CIERA postdoctoral alum named Sloan Research Fellows
Northwestern University, along with MIT, has the most faculty in the 2025 cohort Seven Northwestern faculty members, including CIERA Prof. Jason Wang and CIERA...
A cosmic love story
Black holes’ spins align in a Valentine’s embrace Northwestern astrophysicists discovered that binary black holes — when formed in crowded clusters of stars —...
Prof. Adam Miller receives Cottrell Scholar Award
He will use the teacher-scholar award to study white dwarf supernovae Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research...
REU students present at 245th AAS, Jessica Cotturone wins Chambliss
Part of CIERA’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program includes support for participating students to travel to the annual winter meeting of the American...
Daily Northwestern: grad student Imran Sultan wins international photography competition — again
Article written by Miguel Tsang for The Daily Northwestern. At a time where many distracted themselves by looking down, maybe at a screen or a...
Postdoc alum Maya Fishbach wins 2025 AAS Annie Jump Cannon Award
During its 245th meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced that Professor Maya Fishbach was the 2025 recipient of the...
First fast radio burst traced to old, dead, elliptical galaxy
For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented...
Daily Northwestern: CIERA facilitates interdisciplinary research in astrophysics
Article written by Melody Xu for The Daily Northwestern. “Exploration, people and impact”: These three words propel Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research...
Postdoc Bryan Scott named 2024 Hunstead lecturer
Each year, the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) at the University of Sydney invites an internationally renowned speaker to deliver their Hunstead lecture series,...
Young exoplanet’s atmosphere unexpectedly differs from its birthplace
New study shows planet formation might be more complicated than previously thought Just as some children physically resemble their parents, many scientists have long...
Northwestern joins Giant Magellan Telescope’s international consortium
Faculty will contribute expertise in astrophysics, engineering and artificial intelligence Northwestern University officially is a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently...