@CenterForAstro

@Harvard & @Smithsonian collaboration to ask — and ultimately answer — humanity’s greatest questions about the nature of the universe.

 Cambridge, MA
cfa.harvard.edu
Joined February 2018
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Our inaugural @CenterForAstro Science Meeting wrapped up yesterday, with more than 100 talks and posters and 240 registered participants! Thank you to all who made it possible! 📸 Aidan Lillienfeld/Christine Buckley
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A person is giving a presentation in a classroom with an audience seated in rows facing two large screens. The screens display the title "Looking Forward to the Coming Decade of Cosmology at CITA." Attendees are focused on the speaker and screens.

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"What took Hubble years to record will take Roman around 100 hours." The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches on Aug. 30, 2026. Learn more about how it will change astronomy in our Q&A with our astronomer Christina Lindberg: s.si.edu/4qK5gJ6 📸 @NASA
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We've launched a new interactive web app for use during the solar eclipse! Learn how long the eclipse will last along different locations in the path of totality. Access the app here! s.si.edu/4g6uufRLearn 📸 NASA/GRC/Jordan Salkin
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✨ Join Dr. Suze Kundu on a trip to explore the London Starstruck experience! Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience is a 3D interactive, virtual reality experience that uses our Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory data to create a breathtaking journey through space.
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Thank you @SpaceAbhi, Senior Advisor to @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman, and NASA Astrophysics leadership for visiting our @chandraxray Control Center today to discuss our growing partnership in exploring the universe! @NASAScience
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A founding gift in memory of Rev. Barbara Hebner will launch the Smithsonian Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools (STARS) program to serve rural communities across Delaware. Read more: s.si.edu/4xePcRG
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✨ In a major astronomy milestone, scientists have detected the first atmosphere on a habitable-zone rocky world. It's the strongest evidence yet for other planets that could support life. Learn more: s.si.edu/4pqnSxb
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✨ Don't space out. Come follow us on Instagram for your favorite space images and astro breakthroughs. instagram.com/centerforastro
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2/2: Shep was presented with the award on World Big Bang Day by Belgium's Secretary of State for Recovery & Strategic Investments and the rector of the Catholic University of Louvain. Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe for the Breakthrough Prize Learn more: s.si.edu/3KRlDPu
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1/2: Congrats to @ShepDoeleman for being awarded the Georges Lemaître International Prize! The award is named after the father of the Big Bang theory, and was presented to Shep because of his pivotal role in capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole in 2019.
From left to right: Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain, Vincent Blondel, astrophysicist Shep Doeleman, and Belgium's Secretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments Thomas Dermine. Together, the three hold a plaque recognizing Doeleman.

ALT From left to right: Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain, Vincent Blondel, astrophysicist Shep Doeleman, and Belgium's Secretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments Thomas Dermine. Together, the three hold a plaque recognizing Doeleman.

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