Computing and the search for new planets
MIT planetary scientists partner with computer scientists to find exoplanets.
MIT planetary scientists partner with computer scientists to find exoplanets.
Joseph Formaggio explains the discovery that the ghostly particle must be no more than 1 electronvolt, half as massive as previously thought.
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.
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.