2024
“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.
Congratulations to Dr. Fei Xu
January 9, 2024

Congratulations to Fei Xu for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on “Peeking Into the Future of Dark Matter Searches”.
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
Rafael Luque won a 2023-2024 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
December 18, 2023

Rafael Luque has been named recipient of the 2023-2024 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.
“Día de Astronomía” in Chicago’s Gage Park
December 18, 2023

“‘Perfect solar system’ found in search for alien life”, by Pallab Ghosh, BBC
November 29, 2023

Researchers have located "the perfect solar system", forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different-sized planets
“Records reveal hidden history of female astronomers at Yerkes Observatory”, UChicago News
November 9, 2023

UChicago team chronicles dozens of women who worked and made discoveries in early 20th century.
Samantha Usman recieved a UChicago LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award
November 2, 2023

Samantha Usman, graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics, has been awarded the inaugural LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award from UChicago Alumni Pride and the University of Chicago Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. This award recognizes exceptional contributions that advance and support the interests of the LGBTQ+ community.
“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: Diana Powell
October 3, 2023

Assistant Professor | PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, 2021
Meet new faculty member: Jamie Law-Smith
October 3, 2023

Assistant Professor | PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, 2021
Dhayaa Anbajagane won a 2023 CCAPP Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics
October 2, 2023

Dhayaa Anbajagane, University of Chicago, "Inflation w/ lensing"