For the first time, a team of astronomers have spotted two new “Hot Jupiter” planets,…
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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 at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe that the recently discovered cloud of hydrogen…
Alex Parker, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Institute for Theory and…
A newly published study details the discovery of glycolaldehyde, a simple sugar, in the material…
A recently published study details how scientists used light from an exploding star as a…
Discovered last year in system J0651, two white dwarf stars are so close together that…
Using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Magellan telescopes in Chile, the South Pole Telescope in…
By using Harvard’s Odyssey high-performance supercomputer and new software called Arepo, a team of scientists…
Using the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers probed…
Using the infrared spectrometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope to examine the dust absorption of…
In a new study, a team of astronomers set out to evaluate the accuracy of…
In a series of seven papers published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement, a NASA/Stanford team…
While studying TW Hydrae, a relatively young star in the TW Hydrae stellar association, astronomers…
As an international team of astronomers continues to monitor the skies for approaching asteroids, the…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, CfA astronomers led a team in search of molecular oxygen…
By using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and asteroseismology, the study of stars by observing…
Newly published research shows that planets smaller than Neptune are located around a wide variety…
A new study challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers…