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...
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Northwestern scientists launch projects using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
With the release of its first images yesterday, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is one giant step closer to launching its Legacy...
Fourteen new postdocs to join CIERA
Welcome New Postdoctoral Researchers! We are delighted to announce fourteen postdocs will be joining the CIERA community in fall 2025. Please join us in...
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...
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: 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...
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...
Prof. Stephon Alexander shares the jazz of physics at 2024 CIERA annual public lecture
On November 14, over 300 people packed Northwestern University’s Lutkin Hall to join Professor Stephon Alexander in a celebration of The Jazz of Physics...
LSST Catalyst Symposium, DSFP, and more held at CIERA
In Fall 2024, CIERA was thrilled to serve as host and local co-organizer for a slate of programming from the Discovery Alliance for the...
CIERA Connections: Elysse Longiotti on effective professional goal-setting
On October 14, the first CIERA Connections event of the 2024-2025 academic year drew 49 attendees to the CIERA Cafe to hear from Elysse...
CIERA rings Cboe opening bell, returns as NASA Space Apps Chicago partner
Over the weekend of October 5 and 6, 2024, the Chicago chapter of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge returned for its second year,...