Edwin Hubble

Astronaut takes Hubble basketball globetrotting

Century-old relic to be passed around on telescope repair mission.


Steve Koppes

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Changes the Face of Astronomy

272 stars gave their lives for the photo spread on cosmic explosions that graced pages 80 and 81 of the March 2007 National Geographic.


Steve Koppes

The Hubble constant, explained

One of the most important numbers in cosmology, the Hubble constant tells us how fast the universe is expanding, which in turn tells us the age of the universe and its history.

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

In 2017, Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker became the first living person to have a NASA mission named after him: The Parker Solar Probe.

This honor extends UChicago’s legacy of excellence in astronomy and astrophysics throughout the past century. Parker joined fellow UChicago scientists Edwin Hubble, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nancy Grace Roman, Enrico Fermi and Arthur Holly Compton, who all received the honor of a named spacecraft posthumously.

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

In 2017, Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker became the first living person to have a NASA mission named after him: The Parker Solar Probe. This honor extends UChicago’s legacy of excellence in astronomy and astrophysics throughout the past century. Parker joined fellow UChicago scientists Edwin Hubble, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nancy Grace Roman, Enrico Fermi and Arthur Holly Compton, who all received the honor of a named spacecraft posthumously.