Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
![Two physicists in a research lab](images/microroller_instability.jpg)
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
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...
May
14
2024
CFP Colloquium: Cumrun Vafa: String Theory and our Universe
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: I will explain how ideas from string theory can lead to concrete predictions in our universe which can be checked by next ge...
May
15
2024
PAECRS: Shih-Yuan Chen and Matthew Capocci
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
"Rocking, Rolling, and Jumping: How an Excited Liquid Marble Dances on a Flat Stage" Shih-Yuan Chen, PhD Student Liquid marbles are wat...