Scientists detect tones in the ringing of a newborn black hole for the first time
Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no “hair.”
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.
Lab-scale experiment could help scientists understand interstellar and galactic-scale smashups.
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.
Findings reported just weeks into the network’s latest operating run. (Press release)
“We will keep listening for these faint and remote cosmic whispers,” says the physics professor.
Research could enable a new suite of experiments to measure quantum activity at room temperature.
Orbiting a nearby star, the new planet is the smallest identified so far by the TESS mission.
ESO, ALMA, and APEX contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87. (Press release)
Images reveal supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy.