From August 4–8, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University hosted the sixth annual Code/Astro Workshop. Designed to...
An international team of astrophysicists, led by Northwestern University and the University of Leicester in England, has uncovered a possible origin of fast X-ray...
With the release of its first images yesterday, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is one giant step closer to launching its Legacy...
The annual American Astronomical Society (AAS) Editorial Board meeting took place at the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics CIERA over two...
Rubin will observe more variable stars than any previous observatory, enabling investigations into the mechanisms that drive their varying brightness and mapping the outer...
We are pleased to announce our new Assistant Director, Dr. Tarraneh Eftekhari! Tarraneh joined CIERA in 2021 as a CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow after completing...
White dwarf and red dwarf bump together to emit a radio blast every two hours An international team of astronomers, including a Northwestern University...
JWST reveals ongoing, rapid-fire light show The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party —...
Black holes’ spins align in a Valentine’s embrace Northwestern astrophysicists discovered that binary black holes — when formed in crowded clusters of stars —...
For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented...
New study shows planet formation might be more complicated than previously thought Just as some children physically resemble their parents, many scientists have long...
Faculty will contribute expertise in astrophysics, engineering and artificial intelligence Northwestern University officially is a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently...
