Space
Space Law Expert Calls 1967 Treaty Too Vague for Modern Moon Race at Radcliffe Symposium
The United States and China are racing to establish a foothold on the moon, and international space law is not equipped to govern the competition, space law expert Michelle L.D. Hanlon said at a Harvard Radcliffe Institute symposium Monday.
Harvard Scientists to Help Lead NASA’s New SPHEREx Mission
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are leading a major part of NASA’s new SPHEREx mission to study how water and other molecules form in space and may reach planets like Earth.
Draper Labs Sets Sights on a Far-Side Moon Landing Next Year
Cambridge-based Draper Labs is set to launch their NASA-funded CP-12 mission in 2026, racing Texas-based Firefly Aerospace to complete the United States’ first landing on the far side of the moon.
On Lamont’s 75th Anniversary, Librarians Reflect on ‘Microcosm’ of Campus History
Situated in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard, Lamont — which celebrated its 75th anniversary last month — holds the Harvard Library’s main undergraduate collection for the humanities and social sciences. It was constructed in 1949, funded by a donation from 1892 alumnus Thomas W. Lamont.
Harvard Plans To Renovate 4 Major Libraries Ahead of 400th Anniversary
Martha Whitehead, vice president of the Harvard Library, announced plans to renovate the four major libraries in Harvard Yard — Widener, Lamont, Pusey, and Houghton — during a faculty meeting last week.
‘The Wave is Waving’: Harvard Astronomers Discover Radcliffe Wave’s Oscillation
An international group of astronomers led by a Harvard PhD student reported their discovery that the Radcliffe Wave — a nine-thousand-light-year-long gaseous structure in the Milky Way — moves in an oscillating pattern in a paper published in Nature Tuesday morning.
Former NASA Astronaut Discusses ‘Views from Above’ at Harvard Business School Talk
Retired NASA astronaut Colonel Terry W. Virts discussed takeaways from his extensive time in space at a Harvard Business School event Monday.
Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb, Team Find Spherules of ‘Likely Extrasolar Composition’
Harvard Astronomy professor Abraham “Avi” Loeb and his research team have found metallic spherules of “likely extrasolar composition,” according to an Aug. 29 preprint posted to the online paper repository arXiv.
In Photos: STAHR-Gazing at the Loomis-Michael Observatory
The Crimson Multimedia staff visit the Loomis-Michael Observatory on the 10th floor of the Science Center to take in the space and gaze at the stars.
Space Law Society at Harvard Law School Hosts Panel on Ethics of Space Mining
The Harvard Law School Space Law Society hosted a conversation on the ethical and legal concerns of space mining with three space policy experts in Wasserstein Hall on Monday.
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