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.
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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
Nov
3
2025
HEP Seminar: Pouya Asadi: "Taming Axion Rotation: Dark Vector-lik...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Despite its remarkable success, the Standard Model of particle physics leaves many open problems and falls short of explaining the orig...
Nov
4
2025
CIERA Colloquium: Wanying Kang: "Icy Ocean Worlds -- from the Sur...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Icy moon oceans are promising targets in the search for extraterrestrial life, but characterizing their internal dynamics remains chall...
Nov
6
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Kaiyuan Sun: "Modeling the Multiscale Co...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
The transmission dynamics of infectious diseases represent a complex dynamical system shaped by intricate host-pathogen interactions, f...