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How the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Will Change Astronomy

Named for Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and a pioneer who helped pave the way for the Hubble Space Telescope and other space-based observatories, the telescope will give astronomers ...
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Atomic and Molecular Physics

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Atomic & Molecular Physics division focuses on combined laboratory and theoretical studies of atomic and molecular processes; laboratory physics and ...
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Solar-Stellar Connections

The Sun is a star. While we take that fact for granted today, the discovery that stars are objects like our Sun was a profound one. The kinship between the Sun and stars means we can learn about ...
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Large Scale Structure

Everywhere we point telescopes in the sky, we see galaxies, going back to the earliest moments in history where galaxies could even exist. These galaxies fall into a pattern: the large-scale structure ...
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First Giant Magellan Telescope Camera Reaches Fundraising Goal

The Blue Science Camera, part of the Giant Magellan Telescope Large Earth Finder instrument (G-CLEF), will search for Earth-like exoplanets Cambridge, MA (Aug. 26, 2026) —The Smithsonian Astrophysical ...
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Science Education Department

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Science Education Department (SED) is a national leader in the study of science learning, and in the research and development of evidence-based STEM ...
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory - Mt. Hopkins, AZ

From its establishment in 1966 as the Smithsonian Mount Hopkins Observatory, FLWO has hosted a world-class suite of telescopes designed for a wide variety of purposes. The largest visible-light ...
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New eclipse web app tracks real-time Sun coverage from anywhere in the world

The Center for Astrophysics app, called a Cosmic Data Story, makes it easy to discover the best viewing near you Cambridge, MA (Aug 11, 2026) —The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has ...
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Theoretical Astrophysics

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Theoretical Astrophysics (TA) division uses theoretical models and computer simulations to understand a variety of fundamental astrophysical ...
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Seamless Astronomy

Seamless Astronomy brings together astronomers, computer scientists, information scientists, librarians and visualization experts involved in developing tools and systems to study and enable the next ...
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Atomic & Molecular Data

Every type of atom or molecule absorbs and emits light in a unique way, thanks to the particular configuration of electrons and nuclei. However, the spectrum of light from each type can be difficult ...
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Chandra X-ray Center

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is one of NASA’s premier space telescopes, in operation since 1999. The day-to-day control of the telescope, including telling it what part of the sky to observe, is ...