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A huge congratulations to Jill Rastinejad on being awarded Northwestern 's most prestigious fellowship by tgsatnu! ciera.northwestern.edu/2024/06/25/jil…

Thanks to The Daily Northwestern for covering last month's CIERA Astronomer Evenings! Stop by our next installment on June 28 to learn about the Universe from those who study it!

Our Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program returned this year! 4 local high school teachers are conducting original research with CIERA members so they can incorporate lessons learned into their own curricula. Here, the cohort enjoys an evening at Dearborn Observatory!

Come out tonight to hear Dr. Monica Gallegos-Garcia talk about binary black hole mergers!

Congratulations to CIERA Professor Wen-fai Fong (Fong Group at Northwestern), who was recently awarded the Steward Observatory, University of Arizona 2024 Marc Aaronson Prize! ciera.northwestern.edu/2024/07/26/pro…

Announcement for the new NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky! new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-simon…

We were so proud to celebrate graduate student Jillian Rastinejad (Jill Rastinejad) at her official induction as a Northwestern Presidential Fellow. Her research on origins of r-process clearly resonates across disciplines, and we are thankful to witness it! 📸: B. Robinson

if the nyt workers are able to successfully prevent the needle from being published it will be one of the greatest achievements for organized labor since the invention of the weekend

I'm thrilled to share that I've been selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Science! I'm honored to be part of this amazing cohort of young scientists. #ForbesUnder30 CIERA forbes.com/30-under-30/20…

Thrilled that my image of the Heart and Soul Nebulae was selected as the Astronomy winner in the Royal Society Publishing 2024 Photography Competition! Thank you for this honor, Royal Society Publishing! 🌌 #RSPPhotoComp

big fan of this vending machine at 95th/dan ryan

when people talk about how great Chicago is they cite the architecture, the nightlife, the culture, but one of the best things about Chicago is that exactly zero of these “adults who are afraid of Chicago” live here.

hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13. on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, this year's fundraiser will support The Palestine Red Crescent Society. and the fundraiser is now live! gofund.me/ae3c2b9f

Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole. In memory of David Lynch, we will continue to explore the otherworldly and the unknown. We will focus not on the loss, but on what we gained from the years we shared this planet with you. We will see you in our dreams.

“It doesn’t get any bluer.”

I think Elon is unhappy that Wikipedia is not for sale. I hope his campaign to defund us results in lots of donations from people who care about the truth. If Elon wanted to help, he'd be encouraging kind and thoughtful intellectual people he agrees with to engage.

Save the Date! CIERA's 4th Annual Astronomy Night Out is just extra special! Celebrate CIERA’s 15th anniversary with a captivating lecture by its co-founding Director, Professor Emeritus David Meyer: “Exploring the Milky Way.”

Applications are will soon close for the summer 2025 RET. High school STEM teachers will be trained in python programming, engage in astronomy research, and bring their experiences with the cosmos into their classrooms. Applications due May 5th! ciera.northwestern.edu/opportunities/…

Our monthly Astronomer Evenings is coming up on Friday, May 30 at 9pm! Join CIERA members for research talks and telescope observing at Dearborn Observatory!

Gravitational waves researchers must be reeling this weekend. Not only is the National Science Foundation proposing to close one of the celebrated LIGO labs, but the NASA budget seeks to end US involvement (again!) in the European-led Laster Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).