The mission of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is to advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe through research and education in astronomy and astrophysics.

The CfA is a collaboration of HCO and SAO. Some CfA staff are also in the Harvard Department of Astronomy.

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January 11, 2012Planets with Double Suns are CommonAstronomers using NASA's Kepler mission have discovered two new circumbinary planet systems - planets that orbit two stars, like Tatooine in the movie Star Wars. Read More...
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January 20, 2012Stellar EmbryosStars form as gravity coalesces the gas and dust in interstellar clouds until the material produces clumps dense enough to become stars. But precisely how this happens, and whether or not the processes are the same for all stars, remains very uncertain. Read More...
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