An international team of astronomers, including a Northwestern University astrophysicist, has traced a series of mysterious radio pulses to an unprecedented home. Starting a decade ago, astronomers have detected a pulse of radio emission every two hours, coming from the direction...
Most people have heard of “love at first sight.” But how about “love at first collision?” In a study fit for Valentine’s Day, Northwestern University astrophysicists discovered that binary black holes — when formed in crowded clusters of stars — align...
Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science. Miller is among a diverse group of 16 early career scholars in chemistry, physics...
For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much younger galaxies. CHIME telescopes (shown here in featured image)...
New study shows planet formation might be more complicated than previously thought Just as some children physically resemble their parents, many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them. But, in...
‘I love using my astrophotography to emphasize human connection’ In his photography, graduate student Imran Sultan must overcome several obstacles: subjects that only appear in the middle of the night, the obscuring haze of Chicago’s light pollution and distances that reach thousands of...
Newly uncovered process is similar to how stars and planets are born By studying nearby galaxy ESO320-G030, a Northwestern University-led team of international astronomers has discovered extremely powerful rotating, magnetic winds help the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole grow. The process is...
