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.
News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Oct
2
2023
HEP Seminar: Fei Teng: “From Scattering Amplitudes to Classical G...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
In the past few years, scattering amplitudes have been proven to be a useful tool to compute observables in classical gravitational sys...
Oct
3
2023
Astrophysics Seminar: Daniel Stark: "Galaxies in the Reionization...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Over the past year, deep infrared images and spectra from JWST have pushed the cosmic frontier back to just 300 million years after the...
Oct
3
2023
CFP Colloquium: Yanbei Chen: Gravitational-wave Detection, Macros...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: Experimental progress in quantum optomechanics has allowed preparing, manipulating, and probing the mechanical motions of mac...