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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

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...

Red and orange bacteria floating on a yellow background.

Research paper suggests potential for bacteria survival below the surface of Mars

November 16, 2022

A new paper featuring Northwestern research comes closer to answering the age-old question asked by scientists, space enthusiasts and David Bowie alike: Is there life on Mars?  Chemistry Prof. Brian...

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...

Space flight can affect the bacteria in a mouse’s gut microbiome, which may have larger implications for human astronauts.

Space flight changes the gut microbiome, study finds

August 22, 2019

Bacteria in the gut microbiome can be affected by a lot of things, like dietary habits and physical health. Northwestern researchers have discovered space flight also belongs on that list. They analyzed...

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