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Skip to main content area CfA Home HCO Home SAO Home Donate Enter your keywords You must enable JavaScript to view the search results. About Welcome to CfA CfA History SAO History Contact Us Prizes and Awards Research Our Solar System Stars, Planets and Origins Galaxies Cosmology Laboratory Astrophysics Extreme Astrophysics Education & Outreach Facilities Staff Locations Ground-Based Telescopes Space-Based Telescopes Centers Engineering, IT, Library Opportunities SAO Employment Visiting Scientists Postdoctoral Fellowships Graduate Programs Undergraduate Programs High School Programs Events Weekly Calendar For the Public For Scientists News News Releases Features Science Updates e-News Signup Previous Pause Next Submitted by jshaw-adm on October 31, 2013 - 3:43pm Harvard University astronomers and Smithsonian Institution astronomers explore the cosmos together. The combination of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is known as the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). News Releases February 4, 2020 Scientists Complete ELM Survey, Discover 98 Double White Dwarf Stars Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have completed the Extremely Low Mass--also known as ELM--spectroscopic study of white dwarf stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In process for more than a decade, the completed survey discovered 98 detached double white dwarf binaries. January 13, 2020 NASA Planet Hunter Finds its 1st Earth-size Habitable-zone World NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. Latest Science Update January 31, 2020 Driving Massive Galaxy Outflows with Supermassive Blackholes Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that are accreting material onto their hot circumnuclear disks, releasing the energy in bursts of radiation or as particle jets moving at close to the speed of light. SI Specific Information SI-specific information regarding the government shutdown may be found at alerts.si.edu . SAO staff are encouraged to review the website for updated information Read more about SI Specific Information GMT Submitted by mjuliano-adm on April 23, 2015 - 2:37pm Learn more about the Giant Magellan Telescope ... Feature Top High-Energy Prize Awarded to Event Horizon Telescope Project Advancement Contacts Dept. of Astronomy Director's Office Intranet Privacy Resources CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS | HARVARD & SMITHSONIAN 60 GARDEN STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138...