Jason Dittmann named an inaugural Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow
Fellowship to provide scientists the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
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Fellowship to provide scientists the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
MIT scientists and alumni well represented on newly announced NASA asteroid missions Psyche and Lucy.
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center researcher figures out the kink in the crab.
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Data from New Horizons mission suggest a water-ice ocean lies beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin.
Scientists reconstruct first hours after a giant impact created one of the largest craters on the moon.
Detecting “axion” particles may solve longstanding problem in particle physics.
Instrument will help OSIRIS-REx mission identify locations for collecting an asteroid sample.
A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon.
A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.
If discovered, sterile neutrinos may explain dark matter.
Vibrating footwear could help astronauts and visually impaired earthlings skirt obstacles.
Two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are confirmed to be rocky.
Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons scientist, describes a year of discovery since the spacecraft's historic 2015 Pluto encounter.