Cambridge, MA— The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) $2.8 million to advance laser downlink for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) ...

National Harbor, MD - Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of scientists led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) detected a Mi...

National Harbor, MD - Astronomers have unveiled an explosive cosmic fireworks display of stars interacting with their environment. This dazzling spectacle – due to powerful winds flowing ...

Cambridge, MA— Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy, a bit like raising a pair of binoculars at th...

Cambridge, MA— In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHT) scientists, including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), release...

Cambridge, MA- A new agreement between the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRA...

With support from the Kavli Foundation, the Vice Presidents of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) name a special invited lecturer to kick off each semiannual AAS meeting with a prese...

The element carbon is a building block for life, both on Earth and potentially elsewhere in the vast reaches of space. There should be a lot of carbon in space, but surprisingly, it's not...

For nearly six months, during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the rar...

Cambridge, MA--Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 ligh...