Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo
Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.
Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.
Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.
Prestigious Spanish award shared with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Barry Barish and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor Nuno Loureiro ponders the origins of magnetic fields.
Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.
Space Systems Engineering students design a close-range mission to a giant asteroid that will fly by Earth in 2029.
Through an international effort led by MIT Haystack Observatory, the ALMA array in Chile has joined a global network of radio telescopes.
Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.
Funding will complete array and measure signals from universe’s first stars.
Planets may harbor conditions suitable for sustaining liquid water — and thus life.
Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.