Enrico Fermi Institute

South Pole Telescope at sunrise

Explore how astrophysicists see the universe with free public talks at UChicago

Learn about telescopes and instruments at the Compton Lecture series March 23 to May 11

Mar 6, 2024

Zhendong Zhang, left, and Cheng Chin work in Chin’s lab in the basement of the Gordon Center.

UChicago scientists observe first evidence of ‘quantum superchemistry’ in the laboratory

Breakthrough could point way to fundamental insights, new technology

Aug 4, 2023

Carbonaceous chondrite Allende Meteorite

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed

Research by UChicago, Carnegie scientists reveal conditions in early solar system

Dec 2, 2021

Merging black holes

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves

Sep 20, 2019

Albert A. Michelson

UChicago names building after pioneering physicist Albert Michelson

Aug 22, 2019

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Machine learning reveals hidden turtle pattern in quantum fireworks

Feb 8, 2019

South Pole Telescope

Lecture series to examine the cosmos and how telescopes are made

Sep 27, 2018

Large Hadron Collider

UChicago computational researchers join quest to search beyond the Higgs boson

Sep 4, 2018

Crust

Earth could have supported crust, life earlier than thought

Jun 4, 2018

Land

Land rising above the sea 2.4 billion years ago transformed Earth’s life, climate

May 23, 2018