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
Oct
15
2024
CIERA Colloquium: Phil Arras: "Debris Disks as the Origin of High...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
The entry of interplanetary dust particles into Earth’s atmosphere deposits heavy elements at high altitudes, and may be observed in bo...
Oct
15
2024
Physics and Astronomy Fall Welcome
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
Come meet the faculty and other physics and astronomy majors (and physicists and astronomers at heart) for our department’s Fall Welcom...
Oct
16
2024
PAECRS: Elena Prieto and Adrian Thompson
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Elena Prieto, PhD Student, Rasio Group "Formation of Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Star Clusters" The existence of black holes (BHs...