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Carolyn Porco Presents 13th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
On October 6, Dr. Carolyn Porco, an award-winning planetary scientist, leader of Cassini’s imaging team, and veteran imaging team member on the1980s Voyager mission...
CIERA Hosts SEDM & ZTF
From October 18 – 21, Northwestern University hosted team meetings for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and SEDMv2. Given the close relationship between these...
CIERA welcomes DSFP back to Northwestern
Six years after the inaugural meeting, Northwestern hosted the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program for the third time the week of September 20th. With...
Northwestern rocket to image supernova remnant
Project will study how the explosion spreads ‘star stuff’ throughout the galaxy A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the stars — well,...
CIERA Faculty member successfully launches new conference on Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
Dr. Giacomo Fragione, CIERA Researcher and Research Assistant Professor recently organized CIERA’s first conference centered around intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). The Intermediate-Mass Black Holes:...
May 15 Lunar Eclipse Public Viewing
Northwestern students and Evanston residents gathered atop the South Campus Parking Garage Sunday May 15th, 2022 to view the total lunar eclipse of the...
CIERA’S Inaugural Astronomy Night Out
On Friday April 22, CIERA held its first Astronomy Night Out event for Northwestern students and local Evanston residents. The event, attended by 65...
ALMA Community Day
On April 1, CIERA hosted the ALMA Community Day Event, a workshop designed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and organized by Tarraneh...
Conference in snowy Aspen brings astrophysicists together
Aspen Winter Conference 2022 Exploring the wonders that lie beyond our planet requires a beautifully collaborative effort; a creative process undertaken by communities of...
Phil Plait Presents 12th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
On October 14, Phil Plait, astronomer and best-selling author, presented a public lecture titled Strange New Worlds: Is Earth Special? Prior to the lecture,...
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,...