‘Teenage galaxies’ are unusually hot, glowing with unexpected elements
JWST unexpectedly reveals nickel and oxygen, which are typically difficult to observe Similar to human teenagers, teenage galaxies are awkward, experience growth spurts and...
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Graduate student Lindsey Byrne featured in 2023 DOE CSGF magazine
Lindsey Byrne, a Northwestern graduate student studying galaxy formation and evolution, has been featured in and on the front cover of DEIXIS, the annually...
Marcia Bartusiak presents 15th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
On October 5th, nearly 200 people gathered at Cahn Auditorium to hear Marcia Bartusiak present her talk The Day We Found the Universe: A...
CIERA hosts Chicago chapter of NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023
Article by Marisa Guerra Echeverria for the Daily Northwestern Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted the Chicago chapter of the NASA...
2023 Zooniverse Team Meeting held at CIERA
During the week of August 14, 2023 the Zooniverse team held their annual meeting at CIERA. Zooniverse is the world’s largest platform for online...
Bursts of star formation explain mysterious brightness at cosmic dawn
Intense flashes of light, not mass, resolve the puzzle of impossible brightness When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of...
REACH 2023 sessions see highest attendance to date
Research Experiences in Astronomy at CIERA for High School Students (REACH), a highly interactive, 3-week program (with an optional 3-week extension) offers high school...
21 undergraduates conduct summer research with REU and ISG
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 2023 This summer, CIERA hosted 15 undergraduate students from 12 different institutions as a part of the Research Experiences...
Astronomer Evenings continue strong in 2023
On the last Friday of each month, Dearborn Observatory is open to anyone to come in, meet, and interact with CIERA researchers and students....
CIERA hosts inaugural Astro Imaging Workshop
On Monday, July 31, approximately 30 experts in image processing and astronomy gathered at Northwestern for the inaugural Astro Imaging Workshop. Hosted by CIERA...
Graduate students hold astronomy workshop series for local educators
Over the past spring and summer, Chicago-area teachers learned about various astronomical topics and connected with fellow educators in the community through a series...
Code/Astro workshop brings together programmers from around the world
From July 10 to July 14, 2023 49 in-person and 38 remote participants from around the world attended the 4th annual Code/Astro workshop, a...