Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X ...

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The launch of this collection ...

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly ...

Under a new initiative called AstroAI, launched last year by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory—part of the Center for Astrophysics I Harvard & Smithsonian—computer scientists and ...

She has worked for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1998. Her current research includes sonification of spatial data, machine learning as applied ...

of the Center for Astrophysics, a research institute jointly operated by the Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian ...

Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...

Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X ...