Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers search the Taurus region for HC11N in six of…
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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.
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has discovered white dwarf stars…
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics details how radio frequencies used…
New measurements of the magnetic field strength in angrite samples find it to be very…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveal new evidence that an intermediate-mass black hole…
Using the spectrometer on the Keck telescope, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics obtained…
Using the Fermi catalog of very high energy sources and the WISE infrared sky catalog,…
A new millimeter wavelength study of massive clusters from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has…
A newly published study provides a list of habitable zone exoplanet candidates from the Kepler…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other telescopes, a team of…
New research reveals that five of the 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy were…
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics finds that ultra-luminous galaxies can expel…
The Pan-STARRS project is publicly releasing the world’s largest digital sky survey from the Space…
Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are eyeing a new location to study the…
Using the refurbished Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers studied solar-like oscillations in the Hyades open star…
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have concluded that the hot…
A newly published study reveals that the supernova explosion that formed either the black hole…
New research of the gas content in galaxies so distant their light has been traveling…