Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
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Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.![](images/higgs.jpg)
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.![Dearborn Observatory](images/home-page/dearborn-observatory-544x310.jpg)
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
May
31
2024
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Evanston
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and summer months (Apr-Sept). ...
Jun
6
2024
Complex Systems Seminar: Caroline Szczepanski: “Manipulating Mult...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
A common hallmark amongst biological interfaces are hierarchical surface features. These topographical structures vary in type and qual...
Jun
6
2024
CMP Seminar: Anton Vorontsov: "Suppression of Superfluid He-3 by ...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Quasiparticles' scattering on surfaces is the dominant pairbreaking mechanism in unconventional superfluids in confinement. It is also ...