New finding addresses a 400-year-old mystery, once explored by Galileo An international team of researchers, including Northwestern University engineers, is getting closer to solving...
In late March 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced their Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge winners. Five...
JWST observations show no sign of heavy elements In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the brightest gamma-ray burst...
On March 13, 2024 CIERA graduate student Anya Nugent was featured on the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Journal Author Series to discuss a recent paper...
Northwestern astrophysicist is member of international team working on new detector Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by...
Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been...
On January 11, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced that the 2024 Helen B. Warner Prize for observational or theoretical research by a young...
Hubble Space Telescope reveals curious birthplace of record-breaking blast In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. And...
On December 12, 2023, the National Academy of Inventors announced its 2023 Class of Fellows, comprised of 162 academic inventors. Three of these new...
‘I love sharing the wonders of our universe with others through my astrophotography’ Although his work blurs the boundary between art and science, Imran...
Lindsey Byrne, a Northwestern graduate student studying galaxy formation and evolution, has been featured in and on the front cover of DEIXIS, the annually...
Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong will receive the 2024 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. Bestowed annually since 2011 by the American Astronomical Society...
