Astronomy and Astrophysics

Dark Energy Survey

Dark Energy Survey releases catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects to the public

image of zoom session of class with undergrads, TA and professor

UChicago undergrads discover bright lensed galaxy in the early universe

Illustration of merging black holes and the ripples of gravity created around them

Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe

Prof. Emeritus Peter O. Vandervoort, 2009

Peter O. Vandervoort, astrophysicist and beloved UChicago mentor, 1935-2020

Andrea Ghez receives Nobel medal

Astronomer Andrea Ghez on the responsibility that comes with a Nobel Prize

X-class solar flare

UChicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares

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