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
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 ...
Jun
7
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). ...