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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 woman stands in the center of the stage talking to an audience in front of a projection of a galaxy.

Marcia Rieke talks James Webb Space Telescope for Heilborn Lecture Series

April 7, 2024

Marcia Rieke, the lead investigator for the near-infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope, gave a talk on the new telescope at the Technological Institute on Friday.  Rieke highlighted the...

Graphic of a telescope below an image of many galaxies, one of which has a gamma ray emitting from it.

Northwestern astronomers develop largest known database of galaxies originating short gamma-ray bursts

January 15, 2023

A Northwestern-led team of astronomers reached for the stars with a recently compiled gamma-ray galaxy database. The public database, known as BRIGHT, or the Broad-band Repository for Investigating...

Jason Wang smiling and wearing a jean jacket while standing with his arms crossed.

Jason Wang brings years of experience in exoplanet imaging to Northwestern

September 27, 2022

Physics and astronomy Prof. Jason Wang, who started teaching at Northwestern this month, didn’t always want to be an astronomer.  As a physics major at Cornell University, Wang said he wanted to...

A photo of NU’s Technological Institute. The concrete building has multiple stairs leading up to the entrance. There are seven large visible windows in the image of the building and some give off a blue hue because of the lighting. There are some trees with green leaves and other trees with pink leaves present along the sides of the building. Multiple students walk to and from the building and are slightly blurry.

NU astrophysicists trace locations of intense radio blasts to galaxies’ spiral arms

May 23, 2021

Northwestern astrophysicists helped trace the locations of fast radio bursts to their origins using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, according to a University news release. In a new study, a team of...

Former astronaut John Grunsfeld shared his experiences in space at Ryan Family Auditorium on Tuesday, emphasizing the important role science will play in the country and world's future.

Former NASA astronaut shares experiences in space

February 19, 2013

A former astronaut and current associate administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration outlined the current and future projects of the space organization during a speech at Northwestern...

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