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"These planets are the closest to Earth in size in the known universe," said astronomer François Fressin at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., who led the research team.

Astronomers Spot Distant Earth-Size Planets Robert Lee Hotz 2011

AP An illustration provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows an artist's renderings of planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, compared with Venus and Earth.

Astronomers Spot Distant Earth-Size Planets Robert Lee Hotz 2011

Dr. Smith is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center.

After thoughts on Barr 2010

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer David Latham, whom Seager repeatedly urged to explore the “transiting” technique, confirms that Seager did indeed play a “catalytic role” in the subsequent discovery because he passed on the prediction and a transiting candidate to Charbonneau, who was also one of his students.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth.

Friday! emilytheslayer 2009

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer David Latham, whom Seager repeatedly urged to explore the “transiting” technique, confirms that Seager did indeed play a “catalytic role” in the subsequent discovery because he passed on the prediction and a transiting candidate to Charbonneau, who was also one of his students.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Dr. Smith is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center.

Is “Intelligent Design” Un-Christian? 2010

We want to be as scientifically accurate as possible, says David Aguilar, author of 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System, who has done many planet discovery illustrations for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, where he works.

Art can be a tool in planetary exploration 2011

Lauranne Lanz of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on the expected collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies we still have five billion years and on how galaxies form and evolve.

Ideas Calendar: Dec. 10-16 2011

Baliunas is a former Deputy Director of Mt. Wilson Observatory and is currently affiliated with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

On Being Inspired by Women Scientists Peggy 2009