Researchers created the first detailed electrical map beneath the United States, improving the ability to…
Browsing: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is one of the world’s leading astronomical research institutions, combining the resources of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the CfA conducts cutting-edge research across a broad range of topics—from black holes, exoplanets, and dark matter to the origins of the universe. It operates powerful observatories, develops space missions, and plays a key role in global collaborations like the Event Horizon Telescope. Follow the latest discoveries, technological innovations, and cosmic insights emerging from this hub of astrophysical exploration.
By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This…
Astronomers may have uncovered the secret behind the mysterious “little red dots” seen by the…
Most of the universe’s visible matter has been mysteriously missing—until now. Using powerful cosmic radio…
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object far beyond Neptune that orbits the Sun once for…
Guided by fast radio bursts, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics have mapped how ordinary…
Astronomers have stumbled upon the largest-ever cloud of energetic particles surrounding a galaxy cluster, stretching…
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud,…
In an astronomical feat, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers observed…
Recent findings by the EHT collaboration reveal strong, organized magnetic fields around Sagittarius A*, suggesting…
The Event Horizon Telescope has achieved unprecedented high-resolution observations from Earth by utilizing the 345…
Astronomers have solved a half-century-old scientific mystery by identifying stars associated with the cosmic gas…
Evidence of extreme pre-explosion mass loss in a recently discovered supernova indicates there may be…
AI Boosts Galaxy Mass Calculations, Promising Better Precision for Future Cosmic Studies Astronomers at the…
The ASTRID cosmological simulation, a massive simulation run on TACC’s Frontera supercomputer, is aiding in…
Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to…
Cosmic Superbubble’s Magnetic Field Charted in 3D for the First Time A first-of-its-kind map that…
The Milky Way’s stellar halo, previously thought spherical, is actually tilted and oblong, shaped by…