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CfA Astronomers Help Catch Rare Gamma-Ray Outburst from M87’s Powerful Jet
An international team of astronomers, including CfA astronomers and collaborators from VERITAS and Chandra, recorded the first very-high energy flaring episode from supermassive black hole M87 since ...
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AAS Names David Charbonneau as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 245th Meeting
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 presentation on ...
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Center for Astrophysics
How can we expand the limits of human knowledge further into the unknown? The Center for Astrophysics is a collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College ...
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory - Mt. Hopkins, AZ
From its establishment in 1966 as the Smithsonian Mount Hopkins Observatory, FLWO has hosted a world-class suite of telescopes designed for a wide variety of purposes. The largest visible-light ...
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South Pole Telescope, Antarctica
SPT is a 10-meter telescope designed to measure tiny CMB temperature ripples in submillimeter or microwave light, between infrared and radio on the spectrum of light. Its capabilities also make it an ...
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ITAMP Postdoctoral Fellowship
A Postdoctoral Fellowship appointment at ITAMP is made each year to support a promising scientist who has recently received a Ph.D. degree to carry out research in all areas of theoretical atomic, ...
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For Educators and Students
The CfA, comprised of education researchers, scientists, teachers, media specialists and graduate students, is a national leader in science education. Major projects include the development of ...
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Current Night Sky
Catch December’s Celestial Highlights! This month, Venus dazzles as the "Evening Star," Jupiter reaches its brightest for the year, and the Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies.
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James Webb Space Telescope Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)
JADES will use guaranteed time in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cycle 1 to produce infrared imaging and spectroscopy of unprecedented depth in the two premier extragalactic deep fields, ...
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High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher-North (HARPS-N)
Measuring the mass of a distant exoplanet requires tracking the changes in light of the host star as the planet’s gravity tugs it slightly — a delicate process. The High Accuracy Radial velocity ...
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Line Emission Mapper X-ray Probe (LEM)
Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is an X-ray Probe Mission concept to study galaxy evolution, directly addressing Astro2020 Decadal's Priority Area of Unveiling the Drivers of Galaxy Growth. LEM is ...
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Big Questions
The research at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian centers on humanity’s greatest unresolved questions about the nature of the universe. These questions have been pondered for ...