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
24
2024
Colloquium: Eric Cornell: 'Precision Measurements are having a Mo...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
The past three years have seen three dipole-moment measurements of record-breaking accuracy – the magnetic dipole moments (aka “g-2”) o...
May
24
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
28
2024
Astrophysics Seminar: Paul Duffell: "Binary Accretion"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
In astrophysics, there are many scenarios in which a gaseous disk accretes onto a binary system. Two major examples are stellar binari...