Amaury Triaud wins MERAC Prize for astrophysics thesis
Postdoc fellow recognized for his PhD thesis on the discovery and characterization of many new exoplanetary systems.
Postdoc fellow recognized for his PhD thesis on the discovery and characterization of many new exoplanetary systems.
MIT physicist explains how new results bolster his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation.
MIT scientists identify a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against solar storms.
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.
The largest asteroid is 12 miles in diameter, but poses little immediate threat to Earth.
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth.
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.