Aster Winkler, a participant in CIERA’s 2025 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, has received a prestigious Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award from the...
CIERA is proud to share that Vicky Kalogera, Director of CIERA, has been selected as a recipient of the Daniel I. Linzer Award for...
The Center for Synthetic Biology, in collaboration with the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), is pleased to welcome Dr. Kate Rubins, microbiologist and...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera was featured recently in a Giant Magellan Telescope Gala Video celebrating Dr. Walter E. Massey, whose decade guiding the Giant...
On January 8, 2026, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced 23 new Fellows for 2026, including Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics...
We are pleased to announce that Alexandra (Alex) Mannings will be joining CIERA as our new Board of Visitors Research Associate, beginning January 5....
In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space rocks within a nearby planetary system. When...
In a discovery that’s fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image...
A groundbreaking large-scale simulation of the universe, created through a collaboration between Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and Argonne...
CIERA’s Vicky Kalogera was the subject of a newly released conversation on the HerStories Podcast, hosted by Maria Doughty, President and CEO of The...
The Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University is delighted to welcome Daniel Linzer and Sunil Sanghvi as the...
Astrophysicist Pieter van Dokkum, a world-renowned expert in galaxy formation and evolution and a visionary in astronomical instrumentation and telescopes, will join Northwestern University as...
