The new research data and discovery platform expands beyond astrophysics into the Earth, environmental and space sciences. Cambridge, MA -The team behind the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) has ...

CfA astronomers have found the fastest growing black hole on record, which could explain how some can get so big so quickly Cambridge (September 19, 2025)—A black hole is growing at one of the fastest ...

The award was given for his thesis, titled “Statistical Models of the Spatial, Kinematic, and Chemical Complexity of Dust.” Cambridge, MA (September 24, 2025)— Andrew Saydjari has been awarded an ...

The universe began 13.8 billion years ago, and in its early years, it looked completely different than it does now. For nearly 400,000 years, the entire cosmos was opaque, which means we have no ...

The observable universe is home to more than a hundred billion galaxies of many shapes and sizes. The most distant galaxies are relics of an earlier era, so observing them is a glimpse at history.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is one of NASA’s premier space telescopes, in operation since 1999. The day-to-day control of the telescope, including telling it what part of the sky to observe, is ...

The new multi-year Event Horizon Telescope observations capture evolving polarization patterns in a neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole. Cambridge, MA— The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) ...

Finding and describing new exoplanets using TESS and other observatories. TESS is designed to observe stars closer to the Solar System than those studied by other observatories, providing targets for ...

As astronomers build increasingly larger observatories capable of seeing more objects in the sky, the amount of data they collect has gone beyond what humans can analyze without help. Instead, ...

The Sun is the best laboratory we have for studying stars and how they influence the planets orbiting them. Space- and ground-based observatories monitor day-to-day fluctuations in the Sun’s light, ...

Throughout the last century of scientific discovery, as well as the history of popular culture and science fiction, black holes have been a source of fascination and mystery. One thing is certain: ...

Theory is how scientists fit data collected from observation into a system of understanding. However, some astrophysical systems are too complicated to be treated adequately using straightforward ...