Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a new class of binary stars;…
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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.
Using the precise data from the Kepler exoplanet mission, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics report that, when compared with non-interacting field galaxies,…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals near-infrared observations of the young Milky…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics provides new insights from deep VLA data…
In a new study, astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics found that a small protostellar-like…
Using the High-Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), astronomers show that the recipe for Earth…
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has discovered eight new planets orbiting their stars…
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals why oceans on super-Earths,…
A team of astronomers has revealed a new set of calculations for catastrophic disruptions of…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have completed a study of active star-forming galaxies,…
Despite a malfunction that ended its primary mission in May 2013, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have detected…
A team of astronomers has just completed the most extensive polarization survey of stars to…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope to monitor the variability of light from 882 previously identified…
Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have…
Using the 2.5-meter Nordic Optical Telescope, astronomers have measured the transit of exoplanet 55 Cancri…
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have succeeded in determining ancient solar nebula magnetic…