New research indicates that limited resources on Earth’s satellites could cause crowding and competition as…
Browsing: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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.
A galactic bar is the approximately linear structure of stars and gas that stretches across…
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was launched in 2018 with the goal of discovering…
The monstrous black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy—now of Nobel Prize…
Some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while…
Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home, and…
Astronomers have captured the last moments of a star just before it was ripped apart…
Star formation in molecular clouds usually occurs in a two-step process. Supersonic flows first compress…
Planets form from the gas and dust in disks that surround young stars. Chemicals in…
A new theory published recently in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University…
Scientists Determine ‘Oumuamua Isn’t Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All The debate over the…
Scientists at Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) have developed a new method…
Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen in the…
The path of a light beam is bent by the presence of mass, as explained…
About eighty-five percent of the matter in the universe is in the form of dark…
Last April, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) sparked international excitement when it unveiled the first…
The biggest explosion seen in the universe has been found. This record-breaking, gargantuan eruption came…
Roughly 380,000 years after the big bang, about 13.7 billion years ago, matter (mostly hydrogen)…