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Astronomers have released a new image of the “Champagne Cluster” for the New Year.
Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a recently discovered galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
Phoenix, AZ (January 8, 2026) —Eight scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have been named prizewinners and fellows of the American Astronomical Society for 2026. The AAS is a major international organization . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Phoenix, AZ (January 6, 2026)— Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have revealed the universe’s most mysterious distant objects, known as little red dots,. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Cambridge, MA (January 5, 2026)— Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Cambridge, MA (December 23, 2025)— Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is unexpectedly . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Learn about the science behind paper airplanes
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Gas within the cluster, which existed merely 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, is at least five times hotter than computer simulations predict it should be, a study suggests