A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds
A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.
A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.
Cosmologist and MLK Scholar Morgane König uses gravitational waves to study the universe’s origins, inflation, and present trajectory.
Using multiple observatories, astronomers directly detect tellurium in two merging neutron stars.
MIT assistant professor of physics shares award for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe.
The MIT-led Cosmic Explorer project aims to detect gravitational waves from the earliest universe.
The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.
After the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year in service, astronomers are awash in new observations that illuminate the oldest stars and galaxies.
Recipients Luis Antonio Benítez, Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, and Fernando Romero López receive support for their scientific research.
Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.
The next run will be the most sensitive search yet for gravitational waves.
Statistics tools support the idea that all radio bursts may repeat if observed long enough.
Since his first encounter with a research telescope, the astrophysics professor hasn't slowed in his quest to understand the behavior of galaxies.
Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.