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The mission of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is to advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe through research and education in astronomy and astrophysics.
The CfA is a collaboration of HCO and SAO. Some CfA staff are also in the Harvard Department of Astronomy.
CfA News
Press Releases
May 13, 2013New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First DiscoveryDetecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars). Read More...
Weekly Science Updates
May 03, 2013Effective TeachersEverybody wants teachers to be knowledgeable, but there is little
agreement on what kinds of knowledge are the most important. Read More...
Other News and Features
May 15, 2013A Century of Sky: First Data Release from DASCHThe Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard (DASCH) project has made the first of 12 planned data releases. DASCH is digitally scanning the ~500,000 glass plate images covering the full sky and taken between 1885 and 1992. Read More...
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