CIERA Astronomy LIVE Debuts on YouTube
On January 29, 2021, CIERA debuted its new public outreach event CIERA Astronomy LIVE to an audience of about 45 people. The YouTube live...
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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...
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...
CIERA High School Summer Research Experience in Astronomy Goes Remote!
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...
Remote Learning Resources Available on New Reach for the Stars Website
Over the course of last summer, the Reach for the Stars program teamed up with educators across the country to revise hundreds of lesson...
Earthquake Detective Featured by sustainNU in Citizen Science Project Spotlight
As part of their Virtual Earth Month celebration, each week sustainNU will highlight two new research projects on biology, climate, history, nature, social sciences,...
Students from Chicago’s Off the Street Club Visit Dearborn Observatory
CIERA staff, Board of Visitors, and graduate students organized a visit to Dearborn Observatory on the Northwestern University campus for children in the Off...
New Year, New CIERA Open House Event
CIERA kicked off the new year by welcoming over 100 people to an open house to learn more about the center while...
Priya Natarajan Presents 11th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
CIERA’s 11th annual public lecture was presented by award-winning author and Yale professor Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan at Cahn Auditorium on October 24. Natarajan...
Dearborn Observatory on View at Open House Chicago 2019
By: Lydia Rivers (@lydiuhrivers) Dearborn Observatory participated in the fifth annual Open House Chicago festival by welcoming over 1400 visitors to the historic telescope...
STEM Panel Discussion Held at Lincoln Park High School
CIERA sponsored an event at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, IL where four Northwestern PhD candidates discussed a summary of their work, shared...
“Remember that meteor that lit up Chicago’s night sky two years ago? Scientists are searching for it at the bottom of Lake Michigan.”
“The morning after the Lake Michigan strike, Hammergren and Shane Larson (now an associate professor of astrophysics at Northwestern University, then a researcher at...