CIERA Astronomers Share Stories of Scientific Discovery at Neutron Star Merger Event
Professors Vicky Kalogera, Shane Larson, Raffaella Margutti and Wen-fai Fong welcomed an audience of about 200 for a science talk and moderated panel discussion...
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Cosmos in Concert: Celestial Suite
On November 18, graduate student Kyle Kremer welcomed 400 astronomy and classical music enthusiasts in Pick-Staiger concert hall for Celestial Suite, a multimedia show...
Graduate Student Eve Chase Leads Data Analysis of New Gravitational Wave Detection
At 11:00pm on June 7, 2017, Eve Chase was preparing for a final exam when she received an email that LIGO, the tandem observatories...
Top Telescope Access for CIERA Researchers
Northwestern is known for its strength in theoretical astrophysics, and now it is poised to lead in observational astronomy as well. CIERA recently signed...
CIERA REU Student José Flores Wins Best Poster Presentation at 2017 SACNAS Conference
At the 2017 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference (October 19-21 in Salt Lake City, Utah), Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) student José Flores...
CIERA Astronomers Help Detect Colliding Neutron Stars for the First Time
On October 16, 2017, scientists announced the first-ever observation of a binary neutron star inspiral and merger—this astronomical event will provide a powerful new...
CIERA’s Shane Larson Joins U.S. NASA LISA Study Team
CIERA Associate Director and Research Professor Shane Larson has been named to the NASA LISA Study Team. LISA, the “Laser Interferometer Space Antenna,” is...
Graduate Student Katie Breivik Wins Blue Apple Prize at MRM
The 27th Midwest Relativity Meeting was held October 12-14, 2017, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This meeting brings together researchers from...
Cosmologist Prof. Wendy Freedman Presents CIERA Annual Public Lecture
On October 5, 2017 at 7:30pm, CIERA held its annual public lecture at Cahn auditorium. This year, we welcomed Wendy Freedman from the University...
CIERA Postdoc Fabio Antonini Finds that Many LIGO Sources Arise from Mergers at the Centers of Galaxies
The first direct observation of merging black holes by Advanced LIGO opened a new window to our Universe. The new set of data from...
Graduate Student Eve Chase Wins Best Poster Award at LSC-Virgo Meeting
At the LSC-Virgo September Meeting near Geneva, Switzerland, graduate student Eve Chase won the best poster award in the Data Analysis/Theory category. The meeting...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Members: Wen-Fai Fong & Sasha Tchekhovskoy
Northwestern University is in the midst of an astrophysics faculty expansion plan. With last year’s arrival of Raffaella Margutti, an expert in ‘transient phenomena’...