Space-based gravitational-wave detector is adopted by European Space Agency
Northwestern astrophysicist is member of international team working on new detector Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by...
Northwestern astrophysicist is member of international team working on new detector Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by...
Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been...
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...
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...
New artificial intelligence tool removes humans from entire search, discovery process A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has...
Intense flashes of light, not mass, resolve the puzzle of impossible brightness When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of...
New finding might explain why quasars flare and fade so quickly A new Northwestern University-led study is changing the way astrophysicists understand the eating...
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...
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...
New study is first to determine how much stars should innately twinkle Many people know that stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends...
International team sheds light on enigmatic nature of these celestial ‘beasts’ Northwestern University astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists using advanced...