Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

@CenterForAstro

@Harvard & @Smithsonian collaboration to ask — and ultimately answer — humanity’s greatest questions about the nature of the universe.

Cambridge, MA cfa.harvard.edu Joined February 2018

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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro Sep 2

Our inaugural @CenterForAstro Science Meeting wrapped up yesterday, with more than 100 talks and posters and 240 registered participants! Thank you to all who made it possible!

📸 Aidan Lillienfeld/Christine Buckley

A person stands next to a screen and holds a microphone while giving a talk.

A person is giving a presentation in a classroom with an audience seated in rows facing two large screens. The screens display the title "Looking Forward to the Coming Decade of Cosmology at CITA." Attendees are focused on the speaker and screens.

A group of people is gathered at a professional networking event in a spacious room with large windows and round, white hanging lights. Two individuals in the foreground are engaged in conversation beside a standing table. Attendees are mingling and socializing in the background.

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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro Aug 28

"What took Hubble years to record will take Roman around 100 hours."

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches on Aug. 30, 2026. Learn more about how it will change astronomy in our Q&A with our astronomer Christina Lindberg: s.si.edu/4qK5gJ6 📸 @NASA

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope being encase in a large capsule, looking several stories high, to be readied for launch.

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro Aug 11

We've launched a new interactive web app for use during the solar eclipse! Learn how long the eclipse will last along different locations in the path of totality. Access the app here! s.si.edu/4g6uufRLearn

📸 NASA/GRC/Jordan Salkin

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro Aug 7

✨ Join Dr. Suze Kundu on a trip to explore the London Starstruck experience!

Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience is a 3D interactive, virtual reality experience that uses our Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory data to create a breathtaking journey through space.

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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro Aug 6

Thank you @SpaceAbhi, Senior Advisor to @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman, and NASA Astrophysics leadership for visiting our @chandraxray Control Center today to discuss our growing partnership in exploring the universe! @NASAScience

A group of about a dozen people standing in front of a wall of large screens with detailed images and data from space.

A man standing pointing to a wall of large screens with detailed images and data from space.