Astronomy and Astrophysics

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system artist illustration of bright sun surrounded by glowing disk of matter

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

Analysis by UChicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021 Roger Hildebrand in bow tie with microphone

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021

Dark Energy Survey releases catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects to the public Image of the night sky taken by the Dark Energy Survey, featuring several spiral galaxies and many stars

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

UChicago undergrads discover bright lensed galaxy in the early universe image of zoom session of class with undergrads, TA and professor

UChicago undergrads discover bright lensed galaxy in the early universe

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

Peter O. Vandervoort, astrophysicist and beloved UChicago mentor, 1935-2020 Prof. Emeritus Peter O. Vandervoort, 2009

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

Alum’s career at University spanned 70 years, impacted generations of students

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

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

Honored for black hole discovery, Laboratory Schools alum becomes ‘spokesperson for science’

UChicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares X-class solar flare

UChicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares

Artificial intelligence helps understand the evolution of young stars and their planets

The scientists who are hoping for a supernova Photo of a supernova surrounded by stars

The scientists who are hoping for a supernova

Two $5 million gifts to support Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics David N. Schramm

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

Institute directorship to be named for late UChicago astrophysicist David N. Schramm