Kilonova afterglow potentially spotted for first time
Strange ‘sonic boom’ accompanied unprecedented event For the first time, Northwestern University-led astronomers may have detected an afterglow from a kilonova. A kilonova occurs...
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High School Student and CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Mentor Publish Star Formation Simulation Research
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Mike Grudić (2019-2021) and Associate Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère help Philadelphia High Schooler publish their first professional research paper. Henry Lane never imagined he’d be...
Wen-fai Fong named Sloan Research Fellow
Young researchers ‘represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow’ Six Northwestern faculty members representing three schools have been awarded a prestigious 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship from...
Wen-fai Fong receives Cottrell Scholar Award
Fong will use teacher-scholar award to study the origins of fast radio bursts Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong has received a 2022 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research...
Astronomers capture red supergiant’s death throes
‘For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode,’ researcher says Astronomers previously believed that red supergiant stars fell dormant at the...
Professor Wen-fai Fong Receives Prestigious Packard Fellowship
CIERA Professor Wen-fai Fong has received a 2021 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The prestigious fellowship includes an unrestricted grant...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Member Adam Miller
This fall, we are excited to welcome Adam Miller to CIERA as a new astrophysics faculty member. Adam Miller joins as an Assistant Professor...
Intense radio blasts traced to galaxies’ spiral arms
Using deep-space imaging from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered that some peculiar, short-lived phenomena have an even more...
Stunning simulation of stars being born is most realistic ever
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually...
‘Oddball supernova’ appears strangely cool before exploding
Banner image: An artistic impression of a blue companion star stripping hydrogen from a yellow supergiant. Credit: Kavli IPMU/Aya Tsuboi A curiously yellow star...
Gamma-Ray Burst Studied by CIERA Astronomers Challenges Traditional Classification of GRBs
Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers have long since questioned the nature of the universe and the origin of many compelling extraterrestrial...
Vicky Kalogera Named 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Northwestern University faculty members Mesmin Destin, Vicky Kalogera, Jennifer Lackey and John A. Rogers are among the 2021 Guggenheim Fellows recently named by the John...