August

Professor George B. Field, founding Director of the Center for Astrophysics, passed away on July 31st at the age of 94. George was a guiding figure for our institute and a friend, teacher, and mentor to many of our members. In 2014, George wrote an...

Read about the study that Erandi Chavez led.

Highlights included an actual CMB measurement through the original 20 foot horn using student-built equipment--first time we'd done that--and of course Bob's tour and lectures

Harvard graduate student and astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi has been named a White House Fellow for 2016-17. She is one of 16 Fellows selected from more than 1,000 applicants. Tripathi's biography and additional information are in the White House...

arXive Paper: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.07345v1.pdf Gizmodo: " Astronomer Avi Loeb Is Here to Talk to You About Exoplanets" NY Times: “ One star over, a planet that might be another Earth” Associated Press: “ Jackpot: Scientists find Earth-like planet at...

Harvard Astronomy Graduate Student Yuan-Sen Ting has been selected for the Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize in Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics. The Price Prize will be awarded annually to graduate students in recognition of research excellence...

CFA Press Release: "The universe is 13.8 billion years old, while our planet formed just 4.5 billion years ago. Some scientists think this time gap means that life on other planets could be billions of years older than ours. However, new theoretical work...