News

On trip to Chilean telescope, UChicago undergrad class sheds new light on evolution of earliest stars

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the elements—and how massive supernovae reshaped the cosmos

The near-real-time alert system will enable scientists around the world to coordinate follow-up observations like never before

KICP's Space Explorers program was recently featured on Univision Chicago

Unique UChicago-led instrument PUEO caught a ride aboard a NASA balloon in search of high-energy neutrinos

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the interstellar and intergalactic mediums, died Dec. 26 at the age of 81.  

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) Launched on December 20th and completed a successful 23 day flight.  It is the most sensitive instrument ever built to detect the highest energy neutrinos!

UChicago astrophysicists test a new piece of the sky to probe dark matter and dark energy

Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws

The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics program connects students from Chicago Public Schools with UChicago astronomers and physicists

Professor Abgail Vieregg has been named a 2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow for "transformative contributions in the detection of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmogenic neutrinos, and providing transformative mentorship to the next generation of leaders in the field."

Paolo Privitera and Michèle Lowrie to steward more opportunities for research and collaborations

“Quantum sound” will aid the searches for both nuclear weapons and dark matter

UChicago astrophysicists’ physics-based models suggest dark energy may be evolving