Observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that a supermassive black hole is being ejected…
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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.
The transit of Venus will occur on June 5 and if you miss it, you…
NASA’s Fermi space telescope captured evidence of two gamma-ray beams that extend from the galactic…
The time to study the cosmos is now. New calculations show that the expansion of…
In an effort to further piece cosmic evolution together, astronomers have been using a combination…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are…
A newly published study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics details two models supporting…
A team of CfA astronomers is reporting that the object they observed using the Pan-STARRS…
Once scientists realized that their understanding of the distribution of galaxies was incorrect, researchers began…
It seems that black holes have appetites large enough to swallow stars. Astronomers at the…
According to a new study set to be published this week, rogue planets might not…
It’s hard to imagine planets that zip around at 30 million mph, but it was…
While using infrared spectra from the Spitzer Space Telescope to analyze the dust in several…
While studying SN 2011fe and using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA’s Swift satellite, researchers…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope helped astronomers analyze the previously discovered world GJ1214b and helped them…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have found an intermediate-mass black hole surrounded by a…