Anna Frebel is searching the stars for clues to the universe’s origins
MIT astronomer and writer investigates ancient starlight and shares her excitement about the cosmos.
MIT astronomer and writer investigates ancient starlight and shares her excitement about the cosmos.
MIT’s Mark Vogelsberger and the Illustris project are honored by Germany's postal service with an official stamp.
The observatories are also releasing their first catalog of gravitational-wave events.
Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.
Existing laser technology could be fashioned into Earth’s “porch light” to attract alien astronomers, study finds.
Physicist explores the behavior of the universe’s most abundant form of matter.
Former Astrophysics Division chair discovered radio noise from Jupiter and the first Einstein Ring, and developed tools to map the universe.
In “Dispatches from Planet 3,” Marcia Bartusiak illuminates overlooked breakthroughs and the people who made them.
Results are among the strongest evidence yet for “spooky action at a distance.”
Bright light from black hole in a feeding frenzy had been obscuring surrounding galaxies.
Measurement of an exoplanet transit demonstrates proof of concept that small spacecraft can perform high-precision photometry.
The positively charged particles may have an outsize influence on the properties of neutron stars and other neutron-rich objects.
New data may explain star’s mysterious dimming.
Most thorough test to date finds no Lorentz violation in high-energy neutrinos.
The “ghostly particle” is confirmed to have originated from a blazar, nearly 4 billion light years from Earth.