American Astronomical Society honors seven MIT affiliates with 2022 awards, prizes
Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
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Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are helping to solve one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields.
The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.
The TESSERAE project, a design for self-assembling space structures and habitats, has sent prototypes to the International Space Station.
The system is orbited by third stellar companion and may have originated near the center of the Milky Way.
The findings will help scientists trace a black hole’s evolution as it feeds on stellar material.
A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications.
The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.
As he works toward a career in aerospace engineering, senior Devin Johnson uplifts others along the way.
Named after a goddess of the dawn, the Thesan simulation of the first billion years helps explain how radiation shaped the early universe.
Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers flag three that are actually stars.
The excitement of making discoveries on the global stage is “so much bigger than the pressure,” says the particle physicist.
Over more than three decades at MIT, Binzel developed key insights into the solar system and played a role in multiple NASA missions.
The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.
Scientists including MIT’s Jacqueline Hewitt and Nicholas Kern share long-awaited results, getting closer to the universe’s first stars.