Astronomy and Astrophysics

Photo of a supernova surrounded by stars

The scientists who are hoping for a supernova

David N. Schramm

Two $5 million gifts to support Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Prof. Robert Rosner

UChicago scientist Robert Rosner elected to presidency of the American Physical Society

Giant Magellan Telescope rendering at night

NSF grant accelerates development for one of the world’s most powerful telescopes

Simons Observatory at the Atacama Desert in Chile

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment

Extrasolar Planets

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

Atacama Telescope

New view of nature’s oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe’s age

Illustration of Closeup of a planet's surface

NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us

Oumuamua

Mysterious interstellar visitor was probably a ‘dark hydrogen iceberg,’ not aliens

Exoplanets

Ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets