Mercedes Lopez-Morales: Exoplanet Observations

April 1, 2019

Detection and characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres, with emphasis on developing new observational techniques to study the atmospheres of the Earth-like planets to be discovered by the NASA TESS mission.

Harvard Foundation to honor Goodman as Scientist of the Year

March 18, 2015

Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard professor of astronomy and research associate of the Smithsonian Institution, has been selected the 2015 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. The award will be presented March 27.

The Harvard Horizons Symposium: April 22, 2014

March 27, 2014

Celebrating the Impact of New Ideas and New Discoveries
Sarah Rugheimer, Harvard Astronomy Graduate Student, was one of the eight selected Harvard Scholars who joined President Faust, Provost Alan Garber, FAS Dean Mike Smith, and GSAS Dean Xiao-Li Meng as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences celebrated the power of new ideas — and the talent and innovation of the scholars who are generating them.

Milky Way Has 4 Billion Years to Live -- But Our Sun Will Survive

March 24, 2014

"Four billion years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with our large spiraled neighbor, Andromeda.

The galaxies as we know them will not survive.

In fact, our solar system is going to outlive our galaxy. At that point, the sun will not yet be a red giant star – but it will have grown bright enough to roast Earth’s surface. Any life forms still there, though, will be treated to some pretty spectacular cosmic choreography."

National Geographic: ...

A gas cloud collides with the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and we get to watch

March 24, 2014

"The landscape in Chile’s Atacama desert is Martian-like: dry, barren and flanked by volcanoes, and its high altitude and unpolluted skies make it a prime spot for stargazing. It was there, after a full night of such observation — and over a 4 p.m. breakfast — that astronomer Stefan Gillessen found himself in possession of some very special data. His observations showed a cloud of gas being stretched out, or “spaghettified,” about to be ripped apart, as it barreled toward the black hole at the center of our galaxy...

BICEP2 2014 Results: First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation

March 17, 2014

For information on BICEP2 2014 Results. Go to:

http://bicepkeck.org/

CFA Press Release: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2014-05

Selected Press:

NY Times:...

A Successor to Sagan Reboots ‘Cosmos’

March 13, 2014

Harvard Astronomy Undergraduate Alumni Neil deGrasse Tyson is picking up where Carl Sagan left off in a new series called "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."

Links:

NY Times: A Successor to Sagan Reboots ‘Cosmos’

Department of Astronomy

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