Astronomy and Astrophysics

Prof. Eugene Parker wins prestigious Crafoord Prize in Astronomy Prof. Parker in front of blackboard with equations

Prof. Eugene Parker wins prestigious Crafoord Prize in Astronomy

Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences honors UChicago scientist’s pioneering work

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface Bubbles and cracks image of the sun surface

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface

Inouye Solar Telescope to play critical role in better understanding sun, space weather

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust black and white image, close-up of crystalline dust fragment

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

Ancient grains discovered in Australian meteorite reveal ‘baby boom’ in star formation

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers its first habitable planet, first world with two stars Visualization of a blue planet half in shadow, with mass of clouds gathered over the bright side

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers its first habitable planet, first world with two stars

Teams including UChicago scientists analyze Earth-size world and Tatooine-like planet

Why some planets eat their own skies View of a star partially obscured by a large rocky planet with magma ocean

Why some planets eat their own skies

Parker Solar Probe’s first discoveries: Odd phenomena in space weather, solar wind Parker Solar Probe illustration

Parker Solar Probe’s first discoveries: Odd phenomena in space weather, solar wind

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens Phoenix galaxy cluster

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii Gemini Observatory

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding South Pole Telescope at night

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves Merging black holes

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves