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Each week, CfA scientists publish new research across the span of astronomy, astrophysics, astrochemistry, geosciences and engineering. Explore our most cutting-edge work with the descriptions below.

The results suggest that the earliest steps of star formation may work in a similar way across diverse environments of our galaxy. Pasadena, CA (June 16, 2026) —Astronomers have discovered a calm ...

Understanding climate change requires an understanding of Earth as a planet. The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is a joint NASA-NOAA space observatory with two tasks: real-time tracking of ...

John Huchra California Institute of Technology Before his death in 2010, Dr. Huchra was the Vice Provost for Research Policy at Harvard University and a Professor of Astronomy at the ...

The rural education initiative aims to bring a telescope and astronomy educational materials to all rural schools in the U.S. This spring, the Smithsonian Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools ...

For the first 380,000 years or so after the Big Bang, the entire universe was a hot soup of particles and photons, too dense for light to travel very far. However, as the cosmos expanded, it cooled ...

A wide range of astronomical phenomena produce infrared light, from the interstellar dust clouds where new stars are born, to the matter swirling around supermassive black holes. However, many ...

The Director of the Predoctoral Program is an independent resource for SAO Predoctoral Fellows and Visiting Students as needed during their tenures at CfA. In particular, Dr. Babb is available on ...

The PEG is intended to monitor the post-doctoral program as a whole, contribute to the common goal of maintaining a productive scientific climate, and work with postdocs and supervisors to ensure that ...