Astronomers believe that radio waves coming from supersonic stars will help them find stars that…
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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.
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have extrapolated the character of the current galaxies…
New research form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that shocks in a distant gamma-ray…
Astronomers reach an important milestone in the study of cluster mergers, showing that member galaxies…
Researchers detail the discovery of a new species of flea beetle, Burumoseria yuae. Nausea, vomiting,…
This new image from the 6.5 meter Magellan telescope and the Magellan Infrared Spectrograph reveal…
Using the Large Millimeter Telescope in its first stages of operation, astronomers study the gas…
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that if life can travel…
A new analysis of textured dust storms from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examines data…
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has examined Kepler observations for exoplanet…
Using the new spectrometer on the Gemini telescope to study a star slightly larger than…
Newly published research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics provides the first self-consistent treatment of…
As astrophysicists around the world watch to see what NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft will reveal…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the most probable explanation for…
After decades of speculation and searching, astronomers have discovered the important dust-forming molecule Si-C-Si (disilicon…
Using new and archival radio observations, astronomers reveal that the two lobes of radio galaxy…
In a newly published study, astronomers measured the emission from ionized carbon in seventeen young…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered two new giant exoplanets around an…