News Featureshttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/News Featuresen-us Mark Reid and Colleagues Awarded Largest Ever VLBA Project to Map Milky Wayhttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200913.htmlOctober 22, 2009: Over the next five years, Mark Reid and an international team of scientists will use the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to map the spiral structure of the Milky Way. Smithsonian's NASM Collaborates with HCO to Open Public Observatory in Washingtonhttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200912.htmlOctober 08, 2009: In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum recently collaborated with Harvard College Observatory to open its first Public Observatory on the Mall. Astronomers Solve Mystery of Dusty Foot Trails Crossing Telescope Mirrorshttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200911.htmlSeptember 11, 2009: Accustomed to peering through the dust and debris of outer space, astronomers at the Smithsonian’s Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona were perplexed to find fresh deposits of dust and dirt upon the fragile mirrors of their telescopes. Cosmic "Baby Photos" of Distant Solar Systems Lend Insight As To How Planets Formhttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200910.htmlAugust 21, 2009: How do planets form? This most basic question of astrophysics continues to stump astronomers. SAO Scientists Monitor Movement of Glaciershttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200909.htmlAugust 10, 2009: In southeastern Greenland, two rivers of ice named Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq flow in spurts and starts toward the coast. They are much like any other glacier, except each carries a network of scientific instruments that monitor their movements to the millimeter. Giovanni Fazio Receives the 2009 Distinguished Research Lecture Awardhttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/pz200908.htmlJuly 31, 2009: Dr. Giovanni G. Fazio, Senior Physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, has been selected to receive the 2009 Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award of the Smithsonian Institution. Anna Frebel Wins Ludwig-Biermann Prizehttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/pz200907.htmlJuly 01, 2009: Dr. Anna Frebel of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has been awarded the 2009 Young Astronomer Award (Ludwig-Biermann Preis) of the German Astronomical Society. Christine Jones Awarded Marcel Grossman Prizehttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/pz200906.htmlJune 15, 2009: Dr. Christine Jones of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has been awarded the 2009 Marcel Grossman Award for her fundamental contributions to the X-ray studies of galaxies and clusters. SI Secretary Wayne Clough Visits Las Campanashttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200908.htmlJune 01, 2009: Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, traveled to Chile to visit the Las Campanas Observatory in the southern portion of Chile’s Atacama Desert. Kate Kirby Named Executive Officer of the American Physical Societyhttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/fe200907.htmlMay 13, 2009: Dr. Kate Kirby, Co-Director of the Institute for Theoretical, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP), has been appointed as the new Executive Officer of the American Physical Society (APS).