2024
“Initial results from South Pole Telescope SPT-3G camera hint at future insights about our universe”, UChicago News
February 29, 2024
New data on the cosmic microwave background released from upgrade with 10 times more detectors
“Summary of a Life in Observational Ultraviolet/Optical Astronomy” by Donald G. York
February 9, 2024
My main science research is of an observational nature, concerning Galactic and intergalactic interstellar gas. Highlights for me included my work on the orbiting telescope Copernicus, including the discovery of interstellar deuterium; early observations of absorption associated with five-times ionized oxygen; and discoveries concerning the phases of gas in the local interstellar medium, based on previously unobservable interstellar UV spectral lines.
Dean Angela Olinto Named Provost of Columbia University
February 8, 2024
Angela Olinto, Dean of the Physical Sciences Division, and Professor in A&A, EFI, and Senior Member of the KICP will become the next provost of Columbia University.
“Scientists find an unusual star that hints at a new way stars can die”, UChicago News
January 11, 2024
Discovery by UChicago astrophysicists may change our picture of how stars explode and elements are made
John Carlstrom has been awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
January 11, 2024
University of Chicago astrophysicist celebrated for work investigating the cosmic microwave background for clues about the early universe.
Meet a new Assistant Professor: Harley Katz
January 2, 2024
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2017
Dr. Leslie Rogers has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
January 2, 2024
Congratulations to Leslie Rogers for her promotion to tenured associate professor.
2023
“NSF awards up to $21.4M for design of next-gen telescopes to capture earliest moments of universe”, UChicago News
October 30, 2023
Instruments would help us understand beginning, history, makeup of the universe
Professor Rocky Kolb awarded the APS Lilienfeld Prize
October 24, 2023
In an interview with APS News, Kolb discusses the Big Bang, parallel universes, and the need for public outreach.
Meet new faculty member: Jamie Law-Smith
October 3, 2023
Assistant Professor | PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, 2021
“XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays”, Uchicago News
September 12, 2023
Data to reveal flows of matter and energy close to black holes, elemental makeup of the universe
Leslie Rogers won a 2023 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
July 6, 2023
Leslie Rogers, Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, "Investigating the Biological Potential of Moons in the Uranus System"
Michael Gladders will receive a Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching
May 24, 2023
Prof Michael Gladders will receive a Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching at the University next week. Mike was nominated by the students in his Astronomy Field Course, an innovative course he designed that gets astronomy majors directly engaged in research with the Magellan telescope. This is one of the highest honors for faculty at the University.
“Answering big questions at the South Pole”, PSD News
May 17, 2023
Most people seek warmer destinations for travel to escape the tough Chicago winters. Brad Benson, on the other hand, sets his sights on the South Pole nearly every year. On his list of top reasons to visit: the intense cold creating extremely low levels of moisture in the air, dryer even than the highest mountain peaks in the world.
“Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere”, UChicago News
May 11, 2023
Exoplanet GJ 1214b is too hot to be habitable, but likely contains water vapor.