CIERA Observer’s Image Gets “Starlinked”
On November 18, CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Cliff Johnson and his collaborator Clara Martínez-Vázquez were hoping to observe stars in a pair of nearby...
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“‘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 star has been flickering for years – and researchers think they’ve figured out why”
“(Inside Science) — In 2015, astronomers noticed that a star named KIC 8462852 was flickering unusually. Some researchers suggested that the observations could potentially...
“Giant balloon-like structures discovered at center of Milky Way”
“An international team of astronomers, including Northwestern’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, has discovered one of the largest structures ever observed in the Milky Way. A newly...
“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...
“Astronomers probably just saw a black hole swallow a dead star”
“Some 900 million years ago, a black hole released a terrible belch that echoed through the cosmos. On August 14, the resulting ripples in the...
20 Years of Chandra X-ray Observatory
2019 marks 20 years of superb performance by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The CXC is planning a number of events and products for the...
Most-detailed Simulations of Black Hole Solve Longstanding Mystery
“An international team has constructed the most detailed, highest resolution simulation of a black hole to date. The simulation proves theoretical predictions about the...
What Next for Gravitational Wave Detection?
Researchers are using gravitational waves to better understand black holes. LIGO’s detectors are sensitive to stellar mass black holes up to 100 times the...
Database Celebrates the Presence of African American Women in Physics
Fewer than 100 African American women have received PhDs in physics. African American Women in Physics (AAWIP) lists their names and provides resources for...
Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère Named 2019 Scialog Fellow
The fourth-annual Scialog: Time Domain Astrophysics (TDA) conference was held May 9-12 in Tucson, Ariz., with 47 Scialog Fellows and eight discussion facilitators attending,...
LIGO on Lookout for 8 Sources of Gravitational Waves
“Seekers of gravitational waves are on a cosmic scavenger hunt. Since the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory turned on in 2015, physicists have caught...