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

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

The Daily Northwestern

A yellow-white beam shoots through a cloud of red and blue to represent a kilonova and gamma-ray burst.

NU researchers study neutron star merger that defies former assumptions of kilonova explosions

February 17, 2023

About 1.1 billion light years away, two neutron stars merged. The collision stripped material off the neutron stars, resulting in a kilonova explosion and a gamma-ray burst. But when the GRB was identified...

An illustration of a gamma ray burst.

NU astrophysicists observe brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected

January 19, 2023

Last October, Northwestern fourth-year Ph.D. student Jillian Rastinejad woke up in the early morning while visiting colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara to apply for use of the Gemini-South...

A gray telescope sits on a purple platform in the gray metal dome of Dearborn Observatory.

Space mission with NU scientists named finalist for NASA exploration program

January 10, 2023

A space mission involving Northwestern astrophysicists has been selected as a finalist to lead NASA’s Explorers Program, the University announced in a news release. The STAR-X mission, one of two...

“The Weekend Ahead” is written out, surrounded by graphics of a building, paintbrushes, NU pennant and lighthouse on an orange background.

The Weekend Ahead: happenings on campus, in Evanston July 29-31

July 28, 2022

The Weekend Ahead is back for the summer. Over the next few months, we’ll highlight events both on campus and in Evanston. Read on to find your weekend plans. Northwestern events “Dance Nation”  Virginia...

Illustration inspired by the black hole-neutron star merger. A bright blue circle approaches a black hole, surrounded by colorful swirls.

Northwestern astrophysicists among research team that discovered first black hole-neutron star mergers

June 30, 2021

An international team of astrophysicists, including two Northwestern researchers, detected the first black hole-neutron star mergers, according to a Wednesday news release. The researchers detected...

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