Planetary physicist and former director of the MIT Center for Space Research and the Arecibo Observatory helped repurpose military radar technology for science and space exploration.
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown.
Thirteen staff members recognized for dedication to School of Science and to MIT.
Lesson learned from the CHiPS survey must inform future cluster searches, researchers say.
MIT scientists present exoplanet data at the 237th American Astronomical Society meeting.
Thirteen postdocs and research scientists honored for contributions to the Institute with awards formerly known as Infinite Kilometer.
Senior Alana Sanchez combines her interests in visual arts and space research to fulfill a childhood curiosity about the cosmos.
Findings suggest the first galaxies in the universe were more massive than previously thought.
MIT-led NASA mission finds a multi-planetary system that could be an “ideal laboratory” to study planetary formation and evolution.
Results significantly narrow the range of possible places to find the hypothetical dark matter particles.
Associate professor of physics shares the honor with colleague Phillip Mocz for their novel dark matter research.
Pioneer in exoplanet research helped transform the burgeoning field into one of the fastest-growing and most exciting in space science.
Both free resources are part of an update of the program's website.
Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.