Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
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News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 9:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Mar
11
2025
CIERA Colloquium: Taeho Ryu: "Stellar Collisions - Blue Straggler...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
In dense stellar environments, stars can physically collide. Stellar collisions play a key role in shaping the stellar population at th...
Mar
12
2025
Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Yasunobu Nakamura : "Qu...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
The motivation for observing quantum superposition in macroscopic systems guided us to the research of superconducting quantum circuits...
Mar
13
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Ming-Wei Liu: "Mean-Field Theory of Slip...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Slip avalanches in plastically deformed crystals exhibit collective dynamics governed by stick-slip motion and long-range interactions....