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 9:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Feb
24
2026
CFP Colloquium: Tejas Deshpande: Search for ultralight dark matte...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: One of the biggest challenges in fundamental physics is understanding the microscopic nature of dark matter. Scalar ultraligh...
Feb
25
2026
PAECRS: Sachin Venkatesh Thakku Saravana, PhD Student and Dustin ...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
Sachin Venkatesh Thakku Saravana, Tchekhovskoy Group "UNOfying the Scales: Simulating Black Hole Accretion from Event Horizon to Galaxy...
Feb
26
2026
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Vlad Pribiag: "Superconductor-S...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Superconducting nanostructures underpin the development of many promising quantum computing approaches and alternatives to conventional...