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 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
May
10
2024
Colloquium: Christopher Jarzynski: "Scaling Down the Laws of Ther...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Thermodynamics provides a robust conceptual framework and set of laws that govern the exchange of energy and matter. Although these law...
May
10
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). ...
May
14
2024
Astrophysics Seminar: Chris Reynolds: "Exploring the Axion-Sector...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Many of the best motivated extensions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, including String Theories, predict the existence of “a...