Astronomy and Astrophysics

Nigel Lockyer to step down as Fermilab director Nigel Lockyer

Nigel Lockyer to step down as Fermilab director

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021 Noel Swerdlow outdoors

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole image of Centaurus A galaxy and a box zoomed in to show the faint image taken by the EHT of a jet coming from the center

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole

‘There may not be a conflict after all’ in expanding universe debate Illustration of a bright light at the center of a reddish star

‘There may not be a conflict after all’ in expanding universe debate

Could dark matter be behind mysterious, supermassive black holes in the early universe? Illustration of a black hole with wind flowing from center

Could dark matter be behind mysterious, supermassive black holes in the early universe?

Four UChicago scientists awarded Early Career Awards from Department of Energy Campus

Four UChicago scientists awarded Early Career Awards from Department of Energy

Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look yet at the universe’s evolution Image of the night sky taken by the Dark Energy Survey, featuring several spiral galaxies and many stars

Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look yet at the universe’s evolution

A UChicago astronomer’s decades-long quest to map millions of stars Astronomer Richard Kron works at Yerkes Observatory with an unidentified UChicago student (c. 1995)

A UChicago astronomer’s decades-long quest to map millions of stars

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies Telescope image of dozens of galaxies clustered in space

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth 3-d illustration of a rocky planet with veins of magma

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth