‘Unicorn’ Discovery Points to a New Population of Black Holes
Almost a decade ago, Feryal Özel and her colleagues noticed something odd. While a variety of possible black holes had been found in our galaxy, none...
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String of Stars in Milky Way are Related
Examination of Theia 456 finds its nearly 500 stars were born at same time An artistic rendering of generic stellar streams in the Milky...
The Upside of Volatile Space Weather
Robust stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets, could facilitate its detection An artistic rendering of a series of powerful stellar flares. Credit:...
Faucher-Giguère Named Highly Cited Researcher for Second Year
Associate Professor Claude-André Faucher-Giguère was included in the Space Science category of the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List by Clarivate Analytics. The annual list...
Planets to appear nearly aligned creating ‘Christmas star’ last widely visible 800 years ago
When something inordinately rare or unexpected happens, it is said “the planets aligned.” On Dec. 21, the winter solstice, two planets will appear nearly...
André de Gouvêa Selected as 2020 AAAS Fellow
Congratulations André de Gouvêa for his selection as 2020 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). de Gouvêa has been...
Rare Short Gamma-ray Burst Discovered in Galaxy Cluster
New evidence helps astronomers learn about SGRB ancestors Banner image: The surrounding environment of SGRB 161104A, which includes a galaxy cluster. Image taken by...
Supercomputing Time Awarded for Third Year to Sasha Tchekhovskoy
Alexander “Sasha” Tchekhovskoy has been granted a 2021 Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) Award for his proposal, “Simulating Collapsar...
NASA’s Hubble Sees Unexplained Brightness from Colossal Explosion
Neutron-Star Collision Releases Puzzling Burst of Infrared Light Long ago and far across the universe, an enormous burst of gamma rays unleashed more energy...
Shane Larson Presents Virtual Public Lecture on the Milky Way
On October 28, CIERA’s Shane Larson presented a public lecture titled A Storm of Stars: A Living History of the Milky Way in a...
Growing Library of Educational Brochures by CIERA Astronomers
A new educational brochure series has debuted from CIERA, highlighting various topics in astrophysics research at Northwestern. The brochures are written in publicly accessible...
Black hole ‘family portrait’ is most detailed to date
Above banner illustration generated by a computer model shows multiple black holes found within the heart of a dense globular star cluster. Credit: Aaron...