Harvard Astrophysicists Examine the Properties of Pre-Stellar Cores
A new infrared study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examined the cores of star-forming dust clouds in various stages of development, enabling astronomers to…
A new infrared study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examined the cores of star-forming dust clouds in various stages of development, enabling astronomers to…
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have used a new generation of supercomputers to simulate how atoms in space might combine to form carbon-rich…
Astronomers believe globular star clusters might be excellent places to search for interstellar civilizations. Their crowded nature means intelligent life at our stage of technological…
New research uses the G1 and G2 gas clouds to probe the accretion flow feeding Sgr A∗. The center of our Milky Way galaxy, about…
New observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal that the X-ray emissions from Pictoris A are produced by rapidly moving charged particles in magnetic fields….
Using infrared surveys from the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have identified ten new filamentary dark clouds in the Milky Way and are looking for more…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that the gas cavity in transition disks in four young stars was as much as three…
Using the VERITAS array, astronomers have detected gamma rays from a blazar known as PKS 1441+25. The research shows that the source of the gamma…
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Radio Telescope, along with other telescopes at ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, astronomers reveal new insights into solar…
Using precise radio imaging techniques, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have determined the size of the shock around supernova SN 2011dh and estimated…
Using the Event Horizon Telescope, astronomers have measured the magnetic fields just outside the event horizon of Sagittarius A* for the first time. Most people…
The Quintuple Quasar SDSSJ1029+2623 has been gravitationally imaged by an intervening cluster of galaxies. Astronomers have detected time delays between flaring events in the quasar,…
In a newly published study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics counted up the new stars in RCW106 and five other local regions of…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers reveal that red dwarf star TVLM 513-46546 has an amazingly powerful magnetic field. Our Sun is a relatively…
Using data from the NuSTAR X-ray satellite, a team of astronomers has found that the emission from quasar 3C 273 most likely arises from two…
Astronomers at Yale and Harvard have measured the “heartbeats” of stars within elliptical galaxy M87 and used that data to determine the galaxy’s age in…
Using the MEarth-South array, a team of astronomers has discovered a Venus-like planet (GJ 1132b) that is cool enough to potentially host an atmosphere. The…
On-site construction for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun. Leading scientists, senior officials, and supporters from an international consortium of universities and research institutions are…