Astrophysics
Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–95) illuminated stellar evolution.
The James Webb Space Telescope is up and running, and UChicago faculty are celebrating.
UChicago astronomers and astrophysicists brought family and friends to the path of totality to watch the solar eclipse on August 21.
Professor Wendy Freedman applies astrophysics expertise to the Latke-Hamantash Debate.
Wendy Freedman calculated when the universe began. Now she wants to see it happen.
June/15
Leading cosmologist Wendy Freedman trains a telescopic lens on the biggest questions in the universe.
UChicago astrophysicist Craig Hogan tests the digital nature of space.
Two decades of planning by the Fermi Institute’s Tom Economou culminate in a comet landing.
05.21.2014
Turned back toward Earth, a new telescope in space will search for the origin of high-energy cosmic rays.