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New NASA-Backed Research Platform SciX Expands Open Science

The new research data and discovery platform expands beyond astrophysics into the Earth, environmental and space sciences. Cambridge, MA -The team behind the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) has ...
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Andrew Saydjari Wins IAU Ph.D. Prize

The award was given for his thesis, titled “Statistical Models of the Spatial, Kinematic, and Chemical Complexity of Dust.” Cambridge, MA (September 24, 2025)— Andrew Saydjari has been awarded an ...
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Early Universe

The universe began 13.8 billion years ago, and in its early years, it looked completely different than it does now. For nearly 400,000 years, the entire cosmos was opaque, which means we have no ...
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Scientists Make First-Ever Detection of Mid-IR Flares in Sgr A*

An international team of scientists, including multiple astronomers from CfA, have made the first-ever detection of a mid-IR flare from Sgr A*. National Harbor, MD - Using the James Webb Space ...
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The Most Precise Accounting Yet of Dark Energy and Dark Matter

Analyzing more than two decades' worth of supernova explosions convincingly bolsters modern cosmological theories and reinvigorates efforts to answer fundamental questions. Cambridge, MA – ...
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M87* One Year Later: Proof of a Persistent Black Hole Shadow

CfA astronomers helped lead a study discovering changes in the bright ring around M87's black hole, confirming the theoretical understanding of the variable and turbulent flow of material around black ...
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Event Horizon Telescope Makes Highest-Resolution Black Hole Detections from Earth

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted test observations achieving the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of the Earth, by detecting light from the centers of ...
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Interstellar Comets Like Borisov May Not be All That Rare

Astronomers calculate that the Oort Cloud may be home to more visiting objects than objects that belong to our solar system. Cambridge, MA-- In 2019, astronomers spotted something incredible in our ...
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CfA Astronomers Help Find Most Distant Galaxy Using James Webb Space Telescope

An international team of astronomers, including CfA scientists, used JWST to find a record-breaking galaxy observed less than 300 million years after the Big Bang. Cambridge, MA--An international team ...
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Ready for its Close-up: New Technology Sharpens Images of Black Holes

Using new computational algorithms, scientists have measured a sharp ring of light predicted to originate from photons whipping around the back of a supermassive black hole. Cambridge, MA – When ...
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Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

CfA astronomers led two new EHT studies that have produced the first polarized light image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. Cambridge, MA--A new image from the ...
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Astronomers Discover New Building Blocks of Complex Organic Matter

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 always easy ...