Professor Emeritus Bernard Burke, astrophysics pioneer, dies at 90
Former Astrophysics Division chair discovered radio noise from Jupiter and the first Einstein Ring, and developed tools to map the universe.
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.
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.
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
Exoplanet-seeking satellite developed by MIT swings by moon toward final orbit.
Professor Sara Seager previews a new era of discovery as a leader of the TESS mission, which is expected to find some 20,000 extrasolar planets.
Satellite developed by MIT aims to discover thousands of nearby exoplanets, including at least 50 Earth-sized ones.
Black holes in these environments could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything a single star could produce.
Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.
Data could shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter.