Astronomy and Astrophysics

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

UChicago-affiliated Giant Magellan Telescope to transform humanity’s view and understanding of the universe at first light

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

Researchers simulate thousands of worlds to see what happens to planets with hydrogen atmospheres

Ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets

In search for alien life, planets exactly like Earth may not be best places to look, study finds