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Triply Eclipsing Stellar Systems

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Stars with the mass of the sun or larger are typically accompanied by one or more orbiting companion stars. The system forms when gravity contracts the gas and dust of an interstellar clo...

The Supermassive Black Hole in Our Galaxy

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The supermassive black hole (SMBH) at our galaxy's core, Sagittarius A*, is modest in size with only 4.15 million solar-masses. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) recently released a drama...

A Massive Galaxy Supercluster in the Early Universe

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The structure of the universe is often described as being a cosmic web of filaments, nodes, and voids, with the nodes being clusters of galaxies, the largest gravitationally bound objects...

Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-ray Speed Trap

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Cambridge, Mass. – A young pulsar is blazing through the Milky Way at a speed of over a million miles per hour. This stellar speedster, witnessed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, is o...

Did Supernovae Help Form Barnard's Loop?

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Cambridge, MA – Astronomers studying the structure of the Milky Way galaxy have released the highest-resolution 3D view of the Orion star-forming region. The image and interactive figure ...

CfA Celebrates Class of 2022 Graduates

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On Thursday, May 27, eight students in the Department of Astronomy officially earned their doctoral degrees in astrophysics.The graduates were: Boryana Hadzhiyska, John A. Lewis III, Nina...
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