October

Galactic Thief: "I Would Have Gotten Away With It, If It Weren't for Those Meddling Astronomers"

October 30, 2012

Gurtina Besla, PhD alumni of Harvard Astronomy Department, is lead author on this article featured in this CFA Press release.

One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way almost got away with theft. However, new simulations convicted the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) of stealing stars from its neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). And the crucial evidence came from surveys looking for something entirely different - dark objects on the outskirts of the Milky Way.

CFA Press Release

Alex Dalgarno selected for the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

October 22, 2012

2013 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEDAL IN PHYSICS

Alexander Dalgarno, Ph.D. 
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 


Citation: For his many fundamental contributions to the development of the field of molecular astrophysics, which led to a better understanding of interstellar space, including the giant molecular clouds that are the birthplaces of stars and planets. 

Read More: The Franklin Institute 2013 Laureates