Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Research ServicesMassachusetts, United States501-1000 Employees
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a joint research institution created through a collaboration between Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. Founded in 1973 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it focuses on astronomy, astrophysics, and related areas of fundamental physics and geophysics. The center brings together the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory to foster innovation and advance scientific discovery. It supports a large community of scientists, with hundreds of collaborators and staff pursuing a broad spectrum of inquiry. Its mission is to advance knowledge of the universe through rigorous research, reflecting its role within the Cambridge academic and scientific ecosystem.