Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas
Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
Analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas.
Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class.
Materials from MIT’s Distinctive Collections reveal stories of women at the Institute.
The “oriented” samples, the first of their kind from any planet, could shed light on Mars’ ancient magnetic field.
Political science and physics major Leela Fredlund wants to ensure fairness and justice prevail in humanity's leap into space.
Longtime professor helped develop the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s design and manufacturing curriculum, contributed to artificial joints as well as NASA inertial guidance systems.
The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.
The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment.
A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.
Astronaut Woody Hoburg ’08 shares insights and advice with students in his first visit to campus since joining NASA.
MIT students traveled to Washington to speak to representatives from several federal executive agencies.
This laser communications terminal, developed at Lincoln Laboratory, aims to transmit data at high rates from the ISS to ground stations via NASA’s first two-way laser communications relay system.
The team’s new algorithm finds failures and fixes in all sorts of autonomous systems, from drone teams to power grids.
MIT Doya blasted their first rocket to a height of 1,290 meters, placing second at the 2023 First Nations Launch contest. The team is now gearing up for a 2024 launch.