3 Questions: Alan Guth on new insights into the ‘Big Bang’
MIT physicist explains how new results bolster his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation.
MIT physicist explains how new results bolster his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation.
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Experiment has set more stringent limits on light dark matter.
Robert Simcoe peers deep into the universe’s past to identify the first stars.
The discovery suggests that the very first generation of stars may not have been as powerful as previously thought.
A new map of the solar system’s asteroids shows more diversity than previously thought.
Method will help scientists determine the mass of exoplanets that are not measurable in any other way.
Scientists find that Mars, not Earth, shakes up some near-Earth asteroids.
Two MIT professors are among 24 recipients nationwide of this year’s unrestricted $625,000 prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
Beyond the solar system, a probe launched in 1977 is likely to find a cold, dense sea of cosmic rays.
Researchers find material ejects itself before black hole can devour it.
Study finds behavior of the turbulent flow of superfluids is opposite that of ordinary fluids.
The three MIT scientists are among six winners of the 2012 Kavli Prizes to visit the White House.
Josh Winn’s hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.
The very first stars may have turned on when the universe was 750 million years old.
Researchers detect the brightest flare ever observed in our galaxy’s black hole.