Theodore Madden, EAPS professor emeritus, dies at 88
A MIT faculty member for more than 40 years, Madden is remembered for his contributions to earth science research.
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Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on the discovery of three large, near-Earth asteroids
The largest asteroid is 12 miles in diameter, but poses little immediate threat to Earth.
LEEDing the way
Building co-designed by MIT becomes first university research data center nationwide to earn LEED Platinum certification
Making Martian clouds on Earth
Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth.
Scientists generate first map of clouds on an exoplanet
Map reveals a lopsided cloud distribution on an extremely hot planet.
El Niño cycle has a big effect on a major greenhouse gas
Nitrous oxide emissions decrease during El Niño, increase during La Niña.
Dina Katabi and Sara Seager win MacArthur ‘genius grants’
Two MIT professors are among 24 recipients nationwide of this year’s unrestricted $625,000 prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
MIT team flies high to measure mercury emissions
Assistant Professor Noelle Selin and students participate in project to better understand air pollution’s climate and health impacts
Newly discovered flux in the Earth may solve missing-mantle mystery
Research points to large reservoirs of material deep in the mantle that may help to explain Earth’s origins.
Detecting DNA in space
Researchers, in a step toward analyzing Mars for signs of life, find that gene-sequencing chip can survive space radiation.
Bigger storms ahead
With global warming, a study finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense.
An answer to a lunar mystery: Why is the moon’s gravity so uneven?
Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
MIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.