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Artist's rendition of the New Horizons spacecraft. The craft's miniature cameras, radio science experiment, ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers and space plasma experiments will characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and Charon, map their surface compositions and temperatures, and examine Pluto's atmosphere in detail. The spacecraft's most prominent design feature is an 8-fo...

MIT researcher on team for possible 2006 Pluto mission

December 4, 2001

Satellite detects optical afterglow of gamma-ray burst

November 14, 2001

Optical counterpart found for HETE-detected gamma-ray burst

November 7, 2001

The atmospheric science department at Haystack Observatory just moved into a newly built wing, after having "temporary" quarters in trailers for the last 30 years. John C. Foster, associate director of the department, shows his office.

Haystack dedicates new office wing

October 31, 2001

Kids and teachers get asteroid namesakes

October 31, 2001

MIT Lincoln Laboratory names asteroids for top kids, teachers

October 23, 2001

This diagram illustrates the major components of LOFAR. Radiation is collected by wideband dipole antennas above a ground screen, and signals are immediately digitized. The antennas are clustered together in groups of approximately 100, forming "stations." An artist's impression of one station, located in a generic desert site, is shown (courtesy of ASTRON, Netherlands). Stations are connected by ...

Haystack, CSR involved in major new digital telescope development

October 17, 2001

This Chandra image shows the M87 jet as seen in X-ray wavelengths.

Chandra sheds light on knotty problem of jet

October 17, 2001

This animation illustrates the accretion flow, with gas from a large companion star swirling around a tiny neutron star, attracted by the neutron star's gravity.

Star in deep freeze chills theory

September 12, 2001

This image shows the central region of the Milky Way as seen by Chandra. The bright, point-like source at the center was produced by a huge X-ray flare that occurred in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, associated with the compact radio source Sagittarius A*. During the observation, the X-ray source at the galactic center brightened dramatically in a few minu...

Chandra catches Milky Way monster snacking on matter

September 12, 2001

A Chandra image of neutron star KS 1731-260, remarkably cool after 12 years of being bombarded with hot gas from a companion star, not visible here. The now dim KS 1731-260 is the light blue object slightly above the midline of this image.

Star in deep freeze chills theory, MIT researchers report

September 6, 2001

A May 1998 image of Asteroid Edgerton near the constellation Scorpius. The image size is 16 by 23 arc minutes.

Asteroid named after 'Doc' Edgerton

August 15, 2001

Newly discovered Kuiper Belt object may be as large as Pluto's moon

July 18, 2001

MIT and NASA: a match made in the heavens

June 6, 2001

Simon Portegies Zwart rests his right hand on a prototype of the GRAPE-6, a computer he'll use to simulate star clusters (seen on monitor) and galactic nuclei.

Space researcher is using prototype of the world's fastest computer

June 6, 2001