November
Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays
November 18, 2021
Prof. Eugene Parker accepts prestigious Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
November 18, 2021
“Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe”, UChicago News
November 8, 2021
Astro2020 survey prioritizes UChicago-affiliated projects such as Giant Magellan Telescope, CMB-S4
October
Congratulations to Professor Jacob Bean
October 20, 2021
Jacob Bean has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor with the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Congratulations to Emily Gilbert
October 5, 2021
Emily Gilbert has received the NASA/GSPC Robert H. Goddard Award - Science.
September
Congratulations to Zhuowen Zhang
September 21, 2021
Zhuowen Zhang has received the Prize for the Best Poster at the Fermilab Users Meeting in August, on DES galaxy cluster research.
Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Gilbert
September 15, 2021
Congratulations to Gregory Gilbert for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Toward an Accurate Census of Exoplanets and Exoplanetary Systems" (PhD Advisor: Daniel Fabrycky)
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Neil
September 15, 2021
Congratulations to Andrew Neil for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Constraining Exoplanet Composition Demographics with Large-scale Surveys" (PhD Advisor: Leslie Rogers).
August
Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021
August 3, 2021
Expert on ancient scientists remembered for mathematical rigor, intellectual imagination.
Prof. Emeritus Noel M. Swerdlow, a distinguished historian of science and the world’s foremost expert on Ptolemy and Copernicus, died July 24. He was 79.
July
“Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole”, UChicago News
July 26, 2021
UChicago-led South Pole Telescope helps pinpoint location of supermassive black hole in galaxy Centaurus A
June
Congratulation to Astrophysics Class of 2021!
June 17, 2021
Students’ final year of undergraduate study is filled with opportunities to make fond memories while preparing for life after their time at the College.
“Solving the biggest mysteries of our universe, with Dan Hooper”, UChicago News
June 3, 2021
Cosmologist discusses what happened after the Big Bang, ‘breaking’ the Standard Model of Physics
“Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look yet at the universe’s evolution”, UChicago News
June 1, 2021
The Dark Energy Survey mapped an eighth of the night sky from a mountaintop in Chile.
May
Congratulations to Chihway Chang, Brian Nord, and Lindsey Bleem
May 27, 2021
Congratulation to the winners of the Department of Energy Early Career Awards: Chihway Chang, Brian Nord, and Lindsey Bleem.
“UChicago announces 2021 winners of Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards”, UChicago News
May 26, 2021
Prof. Daniel Fabrycky received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship