Space dust could help protect the earth from climate change
A new study led by scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and the University of Utah explores the potential of using space dust to shield sunlight.
Astronomers reveals galaxy gold mine in first large survey
Over 200,000 astronomical objects including distant stars and galaxies have been mapped in 3D for the first time.
Astronomers have barely scratched the surface of...
Scientists detect a black hole table for two
Astronomers have discovered a galactic table for two—a pair of unusually close black holes that are feeding together after their respective galaxies collided.
Scientists reveal the chemical secret of star birth
Scientists have uncovered what might be a critical step in the chemical evolution of molecules in cosmic “stellar nurseries.”
How the Columbia Shuttle disaster changed space travel
Columbia is a part of our history, and we need to remember and learn from it,” said Ronald Lee ’86.
On Feb. 1, 2003, the...
Astronomers observe light bending around an isolated white dwarf
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Einstein in his General...
Astronomers measure the mass of a lone white dwarf for the first time
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf – the surviving...
Astronomers observe light bending around an isolated white dwarf
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Einstein in his General...
Astronomers detect a one-in-ten-billion binary star system
Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile have uncovered the first example of a phenomenally rare type of...
Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
Sometimes to know what the matter is, you have to find it first.
When the universe began, matter was flung outward and gradually formed the...