Unraveling black hole spin
Retrograde spin of supermassive black holes may create jets that control galaxy evolution
Retrograde spin of supermassive black holes may create jets that control galaxy evolution
Research suggesting that near-Earth encounters can ‘shake’ asteroids opens the door to a new field: asteroid seismology
Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.
Time-lapse movie shows that massive stars — which may hold clues about the origins of life — form like their smaller siblings.
New message beamed to the stars commemorates Earth’s first attempt to reach out to intelligent aliens
MIT planetary scientist discusses projects that aim to discover distant planets similar to our own, and what we can learn when we find them
An exoplanet with an extremely tilted orbit raises new interest in stellar astronomy.
Pilot project sets the stage for MIT-led globe-girdling efforts to learn about icy relics of the solar system's birth.
MIT physicists are working on new detectors that may, at last, help them find the elusive particles thought to constitute up to a quarter of the universe.
New observations solve longstanding mystery of tipped rotation. In addition to shedding light on how binary stars form, the explanation knocks down a possible challenge to Einstein's theory of relativity.