Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
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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
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...