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Congratulations to Ray Jayawardhana (Harvard Astronomy PhD 2000) who was named President of the California Institute of Technology, to start in summer 2026. In his current position he serves as Provost and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns...

Congratulations to Emily Pass (Astronomy Ph.D. 2024) for being named a Forbes "30 Under 30." Emily studies exoplanets and small stars as a Torres Postdoctoral Fellow for Exoplanet Research at MIT.

The Astrophysics Concentrators enjoyed lunch with our faculty on Friday, October 3rd. The scientific exchanges were stimulating, and a bit of fun was shared by all.

Logan Wilson (Harvard '26) wins best poster at the Astronomy 205 class poster presentations in April 2025

Astronomy professor Charlie Conroy is a finalist for the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. Charlie Conroy, professor of astronomy, was recognized for his research on our galaxy’s formation and how the distribution of dark matter is related to...

The Department of Astronomy is pleased to recognize two undergraduate astrophysics concentrators--Adam Boesky and Caleb Painter (both Harvard, 2025)-- as 2025 Hertz Fellowship Finalists! Read more here. Selected from more than 1,000 applicants and...

Dave Charbonneau gave the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture to open the 2025 AAS 245th meeting. The AAS Vice Presidents name a special invited lecturer to kick off each AAS meeting with a presentation on recent research of great importance. Dave's featured talk...

Harvard Astronomy professor Ashley Villar ( http://ashleyvillar.com/ ) has been awarded a prestigious Cottrell Scholarship from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement . This award will support her research of common envelope evolution and the...

The Astrophysics Concentrators enjoyed lunch with our faculty on Friday, February 28th. The scientific exchanges were stimulating, and a bit of fun was shared by all.

Harvard Astronomy grad student Jesse Han finds evidence of new supermassive black hole in nearest galaxy ​​has implications for galactic evolution. Learn more: https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/massive-discovery?utm_source=SilverpopMai…) Jesse Han plans...