Not long ago, the idea of photographing a black hole was as quixotic as photographing a unicorn. Now, scientists have not one but two images of two different supermassive black holes — an...

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian will host two NASA Hubble Fellows beginning in the fall of 2022. Two outgoing Center for Astrophysics (CfA) scientists have also be...

As far as memos go, this one may go down as one of the most consequential of Amir Siraj's career. U.S. Space Command released a communication last month that confirmed earlier findings f...

Two-and-a-half trillion pages of printed text — that's how much data researchers must gather up to catch even a mere glimpse of a distant black hole. The pages are the equivalent of five ...

What could ducks splashing in a pond, the Pharrell Williams song "Happy" and a planet-spanning telescope possibly have to do with each other?

Washington, D.C. – Astronomers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy in simultaneous press conferences around the world today. ...

  I am a scientist, astronomer, and an engineer with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian at the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. I...

WHAT: The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will host a press conference to announce a groundbreaking Milky Way galaxy discovery from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). WHEN: 9 a....

Astrophysics graduate student Michael Foley has been elected to the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Education Committee, becoming the first graduate student to serve on the committee ...