James Kasting Presents Joint Interdisciplinary Colloquium
James Webb Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. On April 23, 2021 to an audience of nearly 65, James Kasting presented a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium,...
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Welcome New CIERA Postdoctoral Researchers
We are pleased to announce the following postdoctoral researchers joining CIERA this summer and fall, 2021. Welcome! CIERA Postdoctoral Fellows Tarraneh Eftekhari (Harvard) joins...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
This Exoplanet is in a Death Dance with its Star
Planets tend to suffer the consequences as the stars they orbit go through different phases. And in about three million years, the exoplanet known...
CIERA REU Students Present at 235th Meeting of the AAS
Students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program and the LSSTC Enabling Science program presented their research projects at the 235th American...
Jeremy Schnittman Presents Interdisciplinary Colloquium Inspired by ‘Interstellar’
Dr. Jeremy Schnittman, research astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 10 years, presented his talk Life on Miller’s Planet: The Habitability...
“‘Are we alone?’ Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable”
“…“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Northwestern’s Howard...
A New Infrared Camera for Exoplanet Imaging
Researchers from Northwestern’s Bio-Inspired Sensors and Optoelectronics Laboratory (BISOL) announced they developed a novel highly sensitive infrared camera that could help with directly imaging...
CIERA’s Erin Cox Wins NRAO Dissertation Award
Postdoctoral Associate Erin Cox has won the Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, administered by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio...