Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. How can we expand the limits of human knowledge further into the unknown? The Center for Astrophysics is a collaboration between the Smithsonian ...

Cambridge, MA— A new landmark study has pinpointed the location of the Universe's "missing" matter, and detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) on record. Using FRBs as a guide, astronomers ...

Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have discovered the largest known cloud of energetic particles surrounding a galaxy cluster— spanning nearly 20 million light-years.The finding challenges long-standing ...

Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have found a rare form of methanol, a type of alcohol, in a planet-forming disk, providing a critical step in understanding how life beyond Earth may form. This result ...

In a new study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) scientists have used Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals from distant galaxies— to pinpoint the ...

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