Deepto Chakrabarty named head of the Department of Physics
High-energy astrophysicist to lead MIT School of Science physics community.
High-energy astrophysicist to lead MIT School of Science physics community.
The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.
Just 33 light-years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized planets.
Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are helping to solve one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields.
The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.
The system is orbited by third stellar companion and may have originated near the center of the Milky Way.
The findings will help scientists trace a black hole’s evolution as it feeds on stellar material.
A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.
Named after a goddess of the dawn, the Thesan simulation of the first billion years helps explain how radiation shaped the early universe.
Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers flag three that are actually stars.
The excitement of making discoveries on the global stage is “so much bigger than the pressure,” says the particle physicist.
In his new lab, where he will study how plasma behaves in the universe, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Jack Hare draws inspiration from spelunking.
The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.
Scientists including MIT’s Jacqueline Hewitt and Nicholas Kern share long-awaited results, getting closer to the universe’s first stars.