Training students' eyes on the skies
MIT hosts Astronomy Training Camp for student-run national astronomy team.
Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch
Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.
New insights into the early universe’s galaxy clusters
MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.
Rainer Weiss wins Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
Prestigious Spanish award shared with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Barry Barish and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves.
Probing the magnetic universe
Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor Nuno Loureiro ponders the origins of magnetic fields.
LIGO detects merging black holes for third time
Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.
Project Apophis
Space Systems Engineering students design a close-range mission to a giant asteroid that will fly by Earth in 2029.
Seeing black holes and beyond
Through an international effort led by MIT Haystack Observatory, the ALMA array in Chile has joined a global network of radio telescopes.
David Shoemaker named spokesperson for LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.
Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
Media Lab sets sights on space
MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas.
MIT's Jacqueline Hewitt and HERA team given $5.8M boost to detect cosmic dawn
Funding will complete array and measure signals from universe’s first stars.
3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds
Planets may harbor conditions suitable for sustaining liquid water — and thus life.