An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
In the early 1980s, Northwestern University’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy’s central supermassive …
New 3D computer simulations have found that, if they do exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars and then fling the remains across the galaxy.
Northwestern astrophysicists led by Fulya Kıroğlu modeled black holes of varying masses and then …
For something so precise, so miniscule, this was big. Really big.
A new measurement of the electron magnetic moment from Board of Trustees Professor in Physics Gerald Gabrielse and his research group at Northwestern University’s Center for Fundamental Physics has …
When physicists steered a tiny microparticle toward a cylindrical obstacle, they expected one of two outcomes to occur. The particle would either collide into the obstacle or sail around it. The particle, however, did neither.
The researcher team — led …
Northwestern played a crucial role in the historic detection of gravitational waves, which were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916. On September 14, 2015, a team of more than 1,000 scientists and engineers from around the world detected these …
Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong, was recognized by Astronomy Magazine in their list, “Rising Stars in Astronomy.” Fong is assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern.
Fong is one of 25 early-career researchers recognized by Astronomy Magazine for …
The American Physical Society (APS) announced a new measurement of the electron’s magnetism – a discovery made by the Gabrielse Group in Northwestern’s Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP).
The CFP specialize in tabletop experiments that “investigate the particles, interactions, and …
Northwestern researchers Vicky Kalogera, Wen-Fai Fong, and Charlie Kilpatrick were recently chosen as finalists to be part of a NASA-led team that will launch a research facility into space in 2028.
The winning team will pilot a groundbreaking …
Northwestern University astrophysicist Farhad Zadeh has been fascinated and puzzled by a family of large-scale, highly organized magnetic filaments dangling in the center of the Milky Way ever since he first discovered them in the early 1980s.
Now, 40 years …
Last week, a team of Northwestern researchers assisted in recording the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded.
The discovery was part of an international effort to document an explosion nearly 2.4 billion light years away from Earth. The team of astrophysicists …