Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

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

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

"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: https://t.co/AdNUJvfpXG 📸 @NASA

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

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! https://t.co/dEorr96Bl7

📸 NASA/GRC/Jordan Salkin

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

✨ 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.

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

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

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

A founding gift in memory of Rev. Barbara Hebner will launch the Smithsonian Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools (STARS) program to serve rural communities across Delaware.
Read more: https://t.co/uCtsq3nwaJ

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

✨ In a major astronomy milestone, scientists have detected the first atmosphere on a habitable-zone rocky world. It's the strongest evidence yet for other planets that could support life. Learn more: https://t.co/gSzntzXn62

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

✨ Don't space out. Come follow us on Instagram for your favorite space images and astro breakthroughs.
https://t.co/Whqo3x6bfj

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

Meet Heather Williams, SAO's first Chief Operating Officer! https://t.co/pxOXpwuOHs

[NASA Langley Research Center @NASALangley]

Want to know what's in the air we breathe? With the @NASA and @CenterForAstro TEMPO mission, we're hoping to get answers!

Join us Monday, 4/24, at 12:00 pm ET for a Reddit AMA and learn more about how TEMPO will transform our understanding of air quality. https://t.co/fEpiMFZiP8

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

2/2: Shep was presented with the award on World Big Bang Day by Belgium's Secretary of State for Recovery & Strategic Investments and the rector of the Catholic University of Louvain.

Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe for the Breakthrough Prize

Learn more: https://t.co/u02GhqRLgB

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

1/2: Congrats to @ShepDoeleman for being awarded the Georges Lemaître International Prize! The award is named after the father of the Big Bang theory, and was presented to Shep because of his pivotal role in capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole in 2019.

[Harvard Science Book Talks @HarvardSciTalks]

In one week! @BadAstronomer and @aussiastronomer present UNDER ALIEN SKIES: A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE

Details and registration: https://t.co/JMIQIdW6UD

[Smithsonian @smithsonian]

Four years ago today from our @CenterForAstro, you got this first look at a black hole.

[Smithsonian @smithsonian]

Right now, a washing machine-sized scientific instrument hovers above us.

Launched today on the Intelsat 40e satellite, @TEMPO_Mission, a @CenterForAstro and @nasa_langley collaboration, is the first space-based instrument to track air pollutants hourly across North America.

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

I remember crowding around my school's TV to witness new achievements in space exploration. I hope this launch offers the same national experience of hope and awe as we drastically advance the conversation on how air pollution affects nature and communities across North America.

[NASA @NASA]

Spacecraft separation confirmed! The Intelsat satellite hosting our @NASAEarth & @CenterForAstro #TEMPO mission is flying free from its @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and on its way to geostationary orbit.

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

LIFTOFF FOR TEMPO! Congratulations to the @TEMPO_Mission team for a successful launch this Friday morning. 🚀

#TEMPO

[TEMPO Mission @TEMPO_Mission]

The night is here and we’re ready!

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

The Sun has set here in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Less than 5 hours until @Intelsat 40E blasts off from Launch Complex 40, carrying our @TEMPO_Mission payload with it! Who’s watching with us at midnight?

—> https://t.co/M6BXqFSt2y

#TEMPO