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]

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[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

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

The stage is set for the launch carrying #TEMPO, which will help us study what's in the air we breathe. @TEMPO_Mission, a collaboration with our @CenterForAstro, will be the first space-based instrument that can measure North American air quality hourly.

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

Our @TEMPO_Mission instrument is packed up and READY FOR LAUNCH. T-minus 8 hours (or so) until liftoff!

#TEMPO

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

In 1848, to understand the weather, the Smithsonian distributed monitoring equipment to volunteers across the U.S. This system gave rise to what we now know as the National Weather Service.

This week, we begin tackling a new challenge—monitoring pollution across the continent.

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

The TEMPO mission is nothing short of amazing. The size of a washing machine, it will be the first space-based instrument that can measure North American air quality hourly down to the ZIP code level. Image credit: Ball Aerospace

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

Apps on our phones tell us exactly when it will rain. Soon, we'll measure and predict the movement of air pollutants with the same precision with @CenterForAstro and @NASA_Langley's @TEMPO_Mission, hitched to satellite Intelsat 40e. Image credit: Maxar

[Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian @CenterForAstro]

The @TEMPO_Mission crew, which includes members of @NASA_Langley and @CenterforAstro, has begun to gather in Cape Canaveral, Florida!

Let the countdown clocks begin! ⌛🚀

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: An update on the science of #TEMPO, a space-based instrument that will revolutionize the way scientists observe air quality. https://t.co/2E2RDLw76W