New instrument extends LIGO’s reach
Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected.
Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected.
With increasingly advanced data, Michael McDonald and colleagues study a galaxy cluster bursting with new stars.
New lens technique spots tiny dwarf galaxy in the first, super-energetic stages of star formation.
Scientists simulate early galaxy formation in a universe of dark matter that is ultralight, or “fuzzy,” rather than cold or warm.
MIT planetary scientists partner with computer scientists to find exoplanets.
The honor recognizes the "stellar achievement" of the people behind the exoplanet-seeking satellite.
Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no “hair.”
Nearly 30 MIT-affiliated researchers will share in the prize, while David Jay Julius ’77 wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences; assistant professor of physics Max Metlitski shares New Horizons prize with Xie Chen PhD ’12 and Michael Levin PhD ’06.
Asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath.
Study reports on search for an atmosphere around a planet somewhat similar to ours.
Tracy Slatyer hunts through astrophysical data for clues to the invisible universe.
MIT hosts "Songs from Extrasolar Spaces," a musical melding of art and science inspired by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
Planetary system orbiting an unusually quiet star is ideal for future habitability searches.
MIT has completed the installation of its newest exoplanet-hunting telescope, Artemis, in the Canary Islands, joining the SPECULOOS network.
Instead of ballooning into spheres, as once thought, early supernovae ejected jets that may have seeded new stars.