Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College
The field of Kolb’s research is the application of elementary-particle physics to the very early Universe, including cosmic inflation models, gravitational production of particles, particle dark matter, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, and high-energy neutrino astronomy. In addition to over 200 scientific papers, he is a co-author of The Early Universe,...View profile
By Rob Mitchum
February 9, 2018
Laser experiments verify ‘turbulent dynamo’ theory of how cosmic magnetic fields are created
By Louise Lerner
December 22, 2017
Despite the many impressive discoveries humans have made about the universe, scientists are still unsure about the birth story of our solar system. Scientists with the University of Chicago have...Read more
By Louise Lerner
September 22, 2017
Finding is an important step to understanding origin of mysterious particles
August 16, 2017
By Greg Borzo
April 5, 2017
Prof. Angela Olinto leads project to collect data at near-space altitudes
By Greg Borzo
December 15, 2016
Solar twin could hold clues to planetary formation
By Steve Koppes
June 24, 2016
Study examines genealogy of first detected mergers
By Erin Fuller and Ryan Goodwin
January 29, 2016
In a debate hosted by the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics , six scientists argued whether remote sensing will reveal evidence of extant life on an exoplanet—any planet outside of...Read more
November 11, 2015
International partners start construction at Las Campanas Observatory
June 3, 2015
Collaborators secure more than $500 million for historic project to build giant optical telescope
June 4, 2014
Two fourth-year students in the College and two graduate students have received the 23rd annual Nathan Sugarman Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research. The undergraduate recipients are Jane...Read more
February 7, 2014
Dozens of scientists from the University of Chicago and its affiliated laboratories will participate in the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 13...Read more
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February 13, 2013
UChicago Assistant Professor Daniel Fabrycky explains how his work with the Kepler space telescope is helping to find far-off planets like our own.Read more
June 27, 2012
Seeing is believing, except when you don’t believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of...Read more
By Steve Koppes
October 13, 2011
New faculty members to explore potential for other Earthlike planets
William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, the Enrico Fermi Institute and the College, Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Director, Energy Policy Institute Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Robert Rosner served as Argonne National Laboratory's Associate Director for physical, biological and computing sciences and as its Chief Scientist from 2002 until 2005, and as laboratory director from 2005...Read more
Bruce & Diana Rauner Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics the Enrico Fermi Institute and the College, Director, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Michael Turner's research focuses on the application of modern ideas in elementary particle theory to cosmology and astrophysics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a...Read more
Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, the Enrico Fermi Institute and the College
Meyer was a member of the science team of NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a mission that measured the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation (the afterglow of the...Read more
Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and the College
Kron, along with two colleagues, conceived the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a collaboration of 13 institutions and 200 astronomers around the world that in 1998 began conducting the largest census...Read more
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College, Director of the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica , Deputy Director of the PFC and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Carlstrom is leading two cosmological research projects, the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Array at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in California. Both projects are aimed at...Read more