International LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting hosted by CIERA
On Monday, March 13, 2023, CIERA welcomed 350 in-person and over 300 remote gravitational wave researchers to Northwestern University for the spring meeting of...
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Origin, Evolution and Habitability of Planet Earth: a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium by David Bercovici
On March 30, 2023, 55 individuals gathered to hear Professor David Bercovici present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium. His talk, “Origin, Evolution and Habitability of Planet...
Climate of Mars, past and future: a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium by Edwin Kite
On February 21, 2023, 82 individuals gathered to hear Dr. Edwin Kite, who studies the evolution of rocky planets, present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium....
Watch distant worlds dance around their sun
Stunning new time lapse video shows 12 years of exoplanets orbiting their star In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly...
First exoplanet detected with Gaia satellite found to be undergoing nuclear fusion
An international team of scientists including CIERA Professor Jason Wang have used the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite to detect a new exoplanet undergoing...
Ultracool dwarf binary stars break records
Astrophysicists discover the closest and oldest ultracool dwarf binary ever observed Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists...
Local Group Cluster Search led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Cliff Johnson
The Local Group Cluster Search, a Zooniverse project led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow and Adler Planetarium Zooniverse Science Lead & Co-Director Cliff Johnson, recently...
CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano Presents “Extremely Cool Detectors On a Fireball: Launching the Micro-X Sounding Rocket”
On December 1, 2022, 55 individuals gathered to hear Professor Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium. His talk, “Extremely Cool Detectors on a...
Surprise kilonova upends established understanding of long gamma-ray bursts
Long gamma-ray bursts can be generated by neutron star mergers, study finds For nearly two decades, astrophysicists have believed that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)...
Team with Northwestern astrophysicists competes for $300 million
One of just two finalists, team receives $3 million from NASA to refine its proposed mission NASA has selected STAR-X, a space mission proposed to...
Short gamma-ray bursts traced farther into distant universe
Most robust inventory to date catalogs SGRBs’ host galaxies, characteristics A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has developed the most extensive inventory to date...
What makes gamma-ray bursts blink on and off?
The most energetic events in the universe have a strange habit of going silent mid-blast, stumping astrophysicists. But new simulations suggest a surprising answer....