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Kavli Institute
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LIGO detects merging black holes for third time
Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.
June 1, 2017 -
Another potentially habitable extrasolar planet discovered
Some 40 light-years away, "super-Earth" identified as new target for atmospheric study.
April 21, 2017 -
Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
March 14, 2017 -
School of Science welcomes five new professors this spring
March 3, 2017 -
MIT's Jacqueline Hewitt and HERA team given $5.8M boost to detect cosmic dawn
Funding will complete array and measure signals from universe’s first stars.
March 2, 2017 -
Self-made stars
Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.
February 14, 2017 -
Scientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public
Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.
February 13, 2017 -
LIGO back online, ready for more discoveries
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
November 30, 2016 -
Pluto’s icy, slushy heart
Data from New Horizons mission suggest a water-ice ocean lies beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin.
November 16, 2016 -
MIT’s REXIS is bound for asteroid Bennu
Instrument will help OSIRIS-REx mission identify locations for collecting an asteroid sample.
September 8, 2016 -
Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster
Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.
July 6, 2016 -
For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves
Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.
June 15, 2016 -
Scientists observe supermassive black hole feeding on cold gas
Findings suggest two dining styles for black holes.
June 8, 2016 -
Rainer Weiss wins Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
LIGO inventor shares award for direct detection of gravitational waves.
June 2, 2016 -
Rainer Weiss awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Physics professor emeritus shares prize with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever for designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
June 1, 2016 -
LIGO researchers awarded Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Team that detected gravitational waves to share $3 million prize.
May 4, 2016 -
Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2016
Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year.
April 21, 2016 -
School of Science honors staff with 2016 Infinite Mile Awards
March 28, 2016 -
3 Questions: The origin of the cosmos’ heaviest elements
Unique galaxy offers clues to the extreme conditions that yield the heavies of the periodic table.
March 21, 2016 -
Testimony: LIGO has “cracked open” a new window to the universe
MIT’s David Shoemaker testifies before Congress on the significance of LIGO.
February 26, 2016