Hsiao-Wen Chen

Application deadline: November 9, 2026!

Dear Museum and Planetarium Friends, I know that many of you use NASA… | Mark SubbaRao Dear Museum and Planetarium Friends, I know that many of you use NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) material in your exhibits, shows, and programs. But more often than not we are unaware of t...

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Six UChicago scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025 Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics and computer science

Congratulations to @alexji.bsky.social news.uchicago.edu/story/six-uc...

celebrating and empowering an inspiring teacher and musician

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Flyer for the Picture an Astronomer public events — all on the University of Chicago campus (unless stated otherwise) and online. Jan. 30 — kick-off celebration featuring lectures from Chicago astronomers, bingo (with prizes), and a free book for in-person attendees Feb. 3 — public lecture by Dara Norman, president of the American Astronomical Society Feb. 7 — public lecture by Katie Mack, author of “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking” Feb. 19 — public lecture by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at the Adler Planetarium Feb. 25 — public lecture by Anna Frebel, author of “Searching for the Oldest Stars: Ancient Relics from the Early Universe”

Our Picture an Astronomer series starts in just over a week! Free to attend (in person in Chicago and online) and an incredible opportunity to engage directly with the scientists behind cutting edge astrophysics research.

More info (including registration) at pictureanastronomer.github.io

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Nasa's Parker Solar Probe attempts closest ever approach to Sun The hope is the probe could help us to better understand how the Sun works.

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Northwestern joins Giant Magellan Telescope’s international consortium Faculty will contribute expertise in astrophysics, engineering and artificial intelligence

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Congrats to @avapolzin.bsky.social

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Aspen summer workshop, August 25 - September 15, Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Multi-scale, Multiphase Circumgalactic Medium; application deadline January 31. aspenphys.org/db/index.php...

Cover of the SIRIUS B book, "Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists", which features a drawing of a girl holding her hands out toward space.

So excited that our SIRIUS B book is now up on arXiv!

arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041

It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/

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Aspen Center for Physics: August 25 - September 15, 2024, ”Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Multi-scale, Multiphase Circumgalactic Medium”. Please consider applying.
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On the astro postdoc market this year? @UChicagoAstro has several fellowships, listed here: astrophysics.uchicago.edu/research/pri...
If you're interested in near-field cosmology here, please do reach out to me by e-mail!

(Link fixed now, thanks to watchful eyes 😅)