Cambridge, MA – Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, which the researchers have dubbed Gaia BH1. The dormant black hole weighs about 10 times the mass of the Sun a...

Cambridge, MA – A team of astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation — a point in the universe's infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really refer to when th...

Cambridge, MA – Astrophysicists have performed a powerful new analysis that places the most precise limits yet on the composition and evolution of the universe. With this analysis, dubbed...

Cambridge, MA– In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away from Earth. Though it may sou...

Cambridge, MA – Earlier this year a machine learning algorithm identified up to 5,000 potential gravitational lenses that could transform our ability to chart the evolution of galaxies si...

Lisa Kewley assumed her new role as director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, diving headfirst into the job, which involves overseeing some 800 Harvard and Smit...

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 Growt...

Cambridge, MA– Astronomers are harnessing NASA's newest space telescope, JWST, to decode the atmospheres of nearby worlds. The properties of these planetary atmospheres could give clues t...

Cambridge, MA – Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks — rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds of these disks have been spotted...

Cambridge, Mass. – There’s a new, immersive way to explore some of the first full-color infrared images and data from NASA’s JWST — through sound.