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The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a "research institute" of the Smithsonian Institution. It is joined with the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Because these research activities share Harvard and Smithsonian staff and resources, the links at this website will take you to information posted on the "CfA" pages.
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August 20, 2008
The First Stars
New stars are continually forming in clouds of gas and dust in our galaxy. Astronomers at the CfA and elsewhere who watch these births have a very good (though not perfect) understanding of how and why they happen.
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August 13, 2008
Probing the Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
There is now overwhelming evidence that the center of our Milky Way galaxy contains a giant black hole with a mass of about four million suns.
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