
The Low Spin of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Image Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org Learn more about this image. Researchers from CIERA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian put a limit...
Image Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org Learn more about this image. Researchers from CIERA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian put a limit...
Image Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Learn more about this image. An international team of astronomers including CIERA scientists Dr. Kate D. Alexander and Dr. Peter...
Community and Belonging at Northwestern
This fall, we are excited to welcome Ryan Chornock and Daniel Lecoanet to CIERA as two new astrophysics faculty members. Ryan Chornock joins as...
Congratulations to Ian Christie, Kyle Kremer, Mario Spera, and Jonathan Stern — the newest postdoctoral alumni from CIERA. Ian Christie will begin a new...
“A Halo for Andromeda” Credit: NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale and E. Wheatley (STScI) and Z. Levay Northwestern professor Claude-André Faucher-Giguère and recent PhD graduate...
Numerical simulation of two black holes that inspiral and merge, emitting gravitational waves. Credit: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno, and the SXS Collaboration...
The Milky Way Galaxy seen over the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array west of Socorro, New Mexico. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Jeff Hellerman A group...
This summer, CIERA hosted 11 undergraduate students as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Adjusted for a remote experience, the...
The CIERA High School Summer Research Experience in Astronomy at Northwestern provided an interactive, hands-on astronomy research experience for high school students remotely this...
For the fourth year in a row, Research Assistant Professor Aaron Geller was awarded an Enabling Science Grant from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation (LSSTC), to...
Unprecedented observations shine light on a compact star’s final moments Artist’s interpretation of the calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk. Shown in orange is the calcium-rich material...