Astrophysics

Winter/23

Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–95) illuminated stellar evolution.

Summer/22

The James Webb Space Telescope is up and running, and UChicago faculty are celebrating.

09.21.2018

Angela Olinto brings high energy to the deanʼs office.

10.25.17

UChicago astronomers and astrophysicists brought family and friends to the path of totality to watch the solar eclipse on August 21.

12.21.16

Professor Wendy Freedman applies astrophysics expertise to the Latke-Hamantash Debate.

Spring/15

Wendy Freedman calculated when the universe began. Now she wants to see it happen.

June/15

The latest sky maps produced by Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope combine seven years of observations.
Mar–Apr/15

Leading cosmologist Wendy Freedman trains a telescopic lens on the biggest questions in the universe.

Jan–Feb/15

UChicago astrophysicist Craig Hogan tests the digital nature of space.

Jan–Feb/15

Two decades of planning by the Fermi Institute’s Tom Economou culminate in a comet landing.

05.21.2014

The blockbuster cosmic inflation discovery faces a “sledgehammer” of scrutiny.
May–June/14

Turned back toward Earth, a new telescope in space will search for the origin of high-energy cosmic rays.