Two CIERA PhD Students Awarded 2025–2026 Board of Visitors Graduate Research Fellowships
CIERA is pleased to announce that PhD students Gideon McFarland and Nathalie Jones have been selected as the recipients of the 2025–2026 Board of...
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Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem
Nearly a decade has passed since an international team of scientists, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, first detected gravitational waves — a historic discovery that...
CIERA Fellows Celebrate 15 Years of Astrophysics Innovation at Fellows@15 Conference
In a vibrant celebration of collaboration and discovery, over 80 leading faculty and postdoctoral researchers from across the U.S. and Canada converged at Northwestern...
CIERA’s 2025 REU Program Prepares the Next Generation of Interdisciplinary Astrophysicists
Northwestern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) once again welcomed a cohort of promising undergraduate researchers to its prestigious National...
‘Root beer FLOAT’ burst’s home is located with extraordinary precision
An international team of scientists, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, has spotted one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever recorded — and pinpointed...
First-of-its-kind supernova reveals inner workings of a dying star
An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or supernova, that is rich with...
REACH 2025 Wraps Another Stellar Summer at CIERA
This summer, 51 high school students from across the country came together at Northwestern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)...
Code/Astro 2025: Building Software Skills for the Future of Astronomy
From August 4–8, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University hosted the sixth annual Code/Astro Workshop. Designed to...
Teachers Up Their Astronomy Game at CIERA This Summer
CIERA’s Research Experiences for Teachers program inspires new classroom approaches through hands-on astronomy research Every summer, teachers across Chicago seek meaningful professional development opportunities—but...
Supernova’s ‘trapped’ jet reveals source of fast X-ray transient
An international team of astrophysicists, led by Northwestern University and the University of Leicester in England, has uncovered a possible origin of fast X-ray...
Three CIERA PhD Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The 2025 awardees of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) include three CIERA members: Miguel Ceja, Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas and...
Giant Magellan Telescope enters final design phase
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one vital step closer toward completion. Earlier...