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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A person wearing purple pants, a black jacket, a pink scarf and glasses looks through the eyepiece of a black telescope in front of a crowd.

Dearborn Observatory and CIERA host public viewing of total lunar eclipse

May 17, 2022

Northwestern students and Evanston residents gathered atop the South Campus Parking Garage Sunday night to view the total lunar eclipse of the May full moon, also known as the flower moon.  The Dearborn...

A group of Northwestern astronomers are among a team of researchers who recently discovered the most massive binary black hole merge.

Northwestern astronomers detect massive black hole as part of international collaboration

October 5, 2020

An international team of researchers including a group of Northwestern astronomers recently detected the first ever “intermediate-mass” black hole. The researchers are all a part of the National...

The Weekly Podcast: Out of this world

The Weekly Podcast: Out of this world

February 13, 2018

On this episode of The Weekly, we visited the Dearborn Observatory to learn about the history of this underappreciated campus star, as well as how students can make use of it today.

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