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In The MediaAug 13, 2021

Internet Speeds At 80 Chicago Public Schools Will Be Up To 40 Times Faster By 2022

Chicago's skyline seen from Rainbow Park Beach in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood on January 21, 2021. (Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago)

In The MediaFeb 04, 2021

What Is Causing Chicago’s Digital Divides? Professors Lead Pilot On South, West Sides To Find Out

In The MediaOct 29, 2019

Nick Feamster Discusses Facebook Content Moderation on Chicago Tonight

This image is packed full of galaxies! A keen eye can spot exquisite ellipticals and spectacular spirals, seen at various orientations: edge-on with the plane of the galaxy visible, face-on to show off magnificent spiral arms, and everything in between. The vast majority of these specks are galaxies, but to spot a foreground star from our own galaxy, you can look for a point of light with tell-tale diffraction spikes. The most alluring subject sits at the centre of the frame. With the charming name of SDSSJ0146-0929, the glowing central bulge is a galaxy cluster a monstrous collection of hundreds of galaxies all shackled together in the unyielding grip of gravity. The mass of this galaxy cluster is large enough to severely distort the spacetime around it, creating the odd, looping curves that almost encircle the cluster. These graceful arcs are examples of a cosmic phenomenon known as an Einstein ring. The ring is created as the light from a distant objects, like galaxies, pass by an extremely large mass, like this galaxy cluster. In this image, the light from a background galaxy is diverted and distorted around the massive intervening cluster and forced to travel along many different light paths towards Earth, making it seem as though the galaxy is in several places at once.

In The MediaOct 04, 2019

Q&A: Paving A Path for AI in Physics Research

In The MediaAug 20, 2019

Nick Feamster’s Research Drives Wall Street Journal Investigation of Streaming Video