Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun's supersonic "solar wind," a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the Solar System, continues to receive energy once it leaves the Sun. Now, thanks to a lucky line up of two...
4-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
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A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration— which includes scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)— has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the...
27-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
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A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mass of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard theory of stellar evolution.
27-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
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Media are invited to participate in a teleconference discussing the upcoming launch of TEMPO on Wednesday, April 5. TEMPO will soon provide the first-ever hourly scans of air pollution over greater North America.
31-Mar-2023 12:40 PM EDT
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On Tuesday, March 14, NASA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian will host a mission and program briefing for the new, space-based instrument TEMPO, which will soon deliver detailed data and analysis of air pollution over greater...
13-Mar-2023 7:05 AM EDT
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Dust launched from the moon’s surface or from a space station positioned between Earth and the sun could reduce enough solar radiation to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
7-Feb-2023 12:05 PM EST
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A new strategy for tracing magnetized structures in 3D will help address key questions about the influence of magnetic fields in the cosmos.
6-Jan-2023 3:45 PM EST
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The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve.
14-Dec-2022 5:00 AM EST
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