CIERA REU Students Present at 241st Meeting of the AAS
Students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program presented their research projects at the 241st American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. The conference...
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First exoplanet detected with Gaia satellite found to be undergoing nuclear fusion
An international team of scientists including CIERA Professor Jason Wang have used the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite to detect a new exoplanet undergoing...
Ultracool dwarf binary stars break records
Astrophysicists discover the closest and oldest ultracool dwarf binary ever observed Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists...
Research Student Madeline Oh Named a Top 300 Teen Scientist by Regeneron Science Talent Search
Eighteen-year-old Madeline Oh, a research student working with Vicky Kalogera and co-advised with former CIERA Fellow Maya Fishbach and current graduate student Chase Kimball,...
Professor Dave Meyer retires after 35 years at Northwestern
On December 31, 2022, Professor Dave Meyer, co-founding Director of CIERA, retired after 35 years at Northwestern. Dave joined the Northwestern Physics and Astronomy...
Researchers develop Firefly: an innovation in interactive particle visualization
Large and complex data sets are often filled with hidden gems waiting to be discovered. In a joint venture with Northwestern IT’s Research...
Local Group Cluster Search led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Cliff Johnson
The Local Group Cluster Search, a Zooniverse project led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow and Adler Planetarium Zooniverse Science Lead & Co-Director Cliff Johnson, recently...
Graduate Student Jillian Rastinejad Spotlighted on NASA Universe
On December 15, 2022, the NASA Universe Twitter account featured graduate student Jillian Rastinejad in a thread that received over 125,000 views. In the post,...
CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano Presents “Extremely Cool Detectors On a Fireball: Launching the Micro-X Sounding Rocket”
On December 1, 2022, 55 individuals gathered to hear Professor Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium. His talk, “Extremely Cool Detectors on a...
REU Site Directors Meeting Led by CIERA’s Aaron Geller
From November 19 – 20, Northwestern University hosted the 2022 Physics REU Site Directors Workshop. Originally planned to take place right as COVID hit,...
Surprise kilonova upends established understanding of long gamma-ray bursts
Long gamma-ray bursts can be generated by neutron star mergers, study finds For nearly two decades, astrophysicists have believed that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)...
Team with Northwestern astrophysicists competes for $300 million
One of just two finalists, team receives $3 million from NASA to refine its proposed mission NASA has selected STAR-X, a space mission proposed to...