Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.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 9:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Mar
29
2024
Colloquium: Surendra Singh: "Structured Beams of Light"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Maxwell’s equations admit a rich array of wave-like solutions beyond the well known plane wave and Gaussian beam solutions. Structured ...
Mar
29
2024
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 8 to 10 pm during the fall and winter months (October-March...
Apr
1
2024
HEP Seminar: Daniel Li: "Search for Standard Model Triple-Top Qua...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
The Standard Model of physics has been successful in predicting the existence of the Higgs boson, which was discovered by the CMS and A...