News: 2026

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation's most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support, over five years, to graduate students who have demonstrated potential for significant achievements in research.

The Heising-Simons Foundation announced Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb as a recipient of the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. With a PhD in Physics from the University of Montreal and currently a Margaret Burbidge Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Piaulet-Ghorayeb is among eight fellows selected for 2026.

On trip to Chilean telescope, UChicago undergrad class sheds new light on evolution of earliest stars

The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program fosters excellence and leadership in astrophysics by supporting exceptionally promising and innovative early-career astrophysicists.

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the elements—and how massive supernovae reshaped the cosmos

Marc Kamionkowski (PhD '91 in Physics; dissertation advisor Astronomy & Astrophysics Professor Michael Turner) is a recipient of the UChicago Alumni Achieve Award this year.

Unique UChicago-led instrument PUEO caught a ride aboard a NASA balloon in search of high-energy neutrinos

XRISM satellite allows UChicago scientists to directly detect turbulence driven by Perseus, M87 black holes

Atmospheric study finds surprises about our largest neighboring planet and its deep atmosphere

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the interstellar and intergalactic mediums, died Dec. 26 at the age of 81.  

Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb awarded 2025-2026 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award