2026-08-18 - Astronomy professor Decker French recently joined the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences'...
2026-08-14 - The University of Illinois Observatory is undergoing renovations this summer that will bring back some historical features of the national landmark.The project is supported by a grant from the National Park Service through the Save America’s Treasures program, which funds the preservation of...
2026-07-07 - Long before he was simulating the early universe, Illinois astronomy professor Kirk Barrow spent a summer teaching himself quantum physics from a borrowed textbook.At the time,...
2026-06-30 - For astronomers, researchers and space lovers across the globe, the long wait is finally over.Following approval from the U.S. National Science Foundation review board, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) began its mission to create a decade-long movie of the southern sky by capturing large...
2026-05-28 - PURSUE LAS is a program at the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with the goal of expanding access to transformative undergraduate research experiences. It supports both established...
2026-05-08 - Researchers, students, and faculty gathered Friday, April 24, for Illini AstroFest, a daylong event designed to showcase astrophysics research, spark collaboration, and build community among scientists at every stage of their careers.Held at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the...
2026-04-30 - What happens at the end of science? Philosophy?It is the kind of question that can pause a conversation. Not because science fails, and not because philosophy is waiting at the edge of the laboratory to correct it, but because every discipline, if you follow it far enough, begins to run into its...
2026-04-30 - The astronomy department is proud to announce its Spring 2026 Academic Awards. The winners were recognized in an online ceremony on April 30, 2026. The ceremony was led by Department Chair Tony Wong and Director of Undergraduate...
2026-04-28 - Ashi Poorey is a junior majoring in astrophysics with minors in data science and computational science and engineering. In addition to being an LAS Brand...
2026-04-09 - Last month, at least two major, but unrelated, meteor events occurred in the skies over highly populated areas of the U.S. Both fireballs, often referred to as bolides, were seen — and heard — during daylight hours, suggesting they were unusually large. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...
2026-04-06 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants, and advisors campuswide. The recipients were honored at a March 25 ceremony.Awardees are cited for sustained excellence...
2026-03-31 - LIKE MILLIONS of other kids, Charlie Young, CS+astronomy & statistics ’20, dreamed of being a big-league baseball player—and never made it past high school ball. "Fortunately, I was better at computer science." And by the time...
2026-03-30 - The Department of Astronomy hosted the conference "The End of Star Formation" at NCSA in March 2026. The conference focused on how galaxies stop forming stars, the roles of black holes, supernovae, outflows, and jets, and new insights from modern observational facilities and computational...
2026-03-26 - Four faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific...
2026-03-19 - When Annie Zeng walked into her first research conference last May, she didn’t arrive with a lab group or a familiar cohort of classmates. She arrived alone, and she immediately felt like it.“I honestly felt very nervous,” said Annie, a senior pursuing a double degree in...