departmentDepartment of Astronomy
The Harvard University Department of Astronomy (part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) carries out research in cosmology, astrophysics, solar and stellar physics, and history of astronomy.
Affiliation: Center for AstrophysicsWeb site: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/hco/astro/
Recent articles about Department of Astronomy
Invisible matters (October 2, 2009)Building a stellar time machine (July 7, 2009)
Peculiar, junior-sized supernova discovered by New York teen (June 14, 2009)
Kepler starts search for other Earths (May 14, 2009)
Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not (May 12, 2009)
Taking a stride toward synthetic life (March 7, 2009)
Charbonneau gets prestigious ‘young researcher’ award (March 4, 2009)
Transit search finds super-Neptune (January 20, 2009)
Nature moves into 3D publishing (The Register (UK), January 6, 2009)
New visualization techniques yield star formation insights (December 31, 2008)
Astronomy Department dedicates new telescope (October 31, 2008)
Solar evidence points to human causes of climate change (February 16, 2008)
Mystery comet explodes into brightness (October 26, 2007)
AAAS to induct 13 Harvard faculty to 227th class of fellows (Harvard University Gazette, October 4, 2007)
Harvard astronomers share dark prize (Harvard University Gazette, October 2, 2007)
Cosmic cloudshine (Center for Astrophysics, November 3, 2005)
Ferreting out the first stars (Center for Astrophysics, September 22, 2005)
High school AP courses do not predict college success in science (Harvard University Gazette, February 23, 2005)
Scientists find black hole's 'point of no return' (Center for Astrophysics, January 9, 2005)
Taking a CAT scan of the early universe (Center for Astrophysics, November 10, 2004)
