Cambridge, MA (September 14, 2026) —A new study of nine nearby galaxies has shown that actively growing supermassive black holes may contribute to star formation, instead preventing star formation, in ...
The Milky Way alone probably contains hundreds of billions of planets, based on the thousands of exoplanets we’ve already identified. These planets share a history and origin with their host stars, ...
Cambridge, MA (September 17, 2026) — The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), part of the Center for Astrophysics, has been awarded $3,597,771 from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) ...
Background: VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is a stereoscopic array of four atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes that are sensitive to very high energy (VHE; E> 100 GeV) ...
The Office of Advancement at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory part of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian coordinates fundraising efforts to enable our scientists and ...
The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small trans-Neptunian objects than they expected, and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as their larger family members. For the ...
The Center for Astrophysics hosts Public Observatory Nights, presents public lectures, and collaborates with museums in order to share the work of our scientists with the broader public. The Center ...
At the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, we look to the cosmos to find answers to the greatest unanswered questions about the universe, capturing images of distant celestial objects and ...
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