Using the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope, a team of astronomers have discovered pulsations from the…
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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.
By studying TW Hydrae, researchers are getting a glimpse of what happened to our Sun…
New research presented at this year’s meeting of the American Astronomical Society suggests that NGC…
A new website allows listeners to hear the music of the stars, turning Chandra X-ray…
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers report finding the earliest known galaxy undergoing…
Researchers used the BEEER algorithm to identify a hot Jupiter in the Kepler light curve,…
Using the BEER algorithm, which relies on Einstein’s special theory of relativity, scientists discovered a…
In a new study, researchers present a method for resolving the magnetic structure of living…
In a newly published study, astronomers investigate the links between supernova remnants and cosmic rays.…
In a new paper, astronomers explore the properties Kelper 62e and 62f, which are part…
A new study from researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics challenges the inflation model,…
Using new observations of thirty-one interacting galaxies in fourteen systems, a new study details the…
Using new computer simulations to follow the motions of as many as 100 million “stellar…
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova that may not completely destroy the white…
Using data from the CANDELS project, scientists examine early galaxies and their specific properties, finding…
A newly published study uses a new model to demonstrate ion-cyclotron resonant heating in solar…
New computer simulations suggest that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will encounter many small satellites as…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, scientists discovered an outflow from a young protostar, marking…