With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.
The record shows ancient temperature variations coinciding with shifts in the planet’s biodiversity.
Former Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering head and AGU president revolutionized thinking about the global water cycle, raising it to a place of prominence in the geosciences, and inspiring generations of students.
MIT EAPS researchers find the impressive mountain range formed over a series of impacts, not a single event, as previously thought.
Simulations rule out plasmas caused by meteoroid impacts as the source of lunar magnetism, supporting the proposal that the ancient moon generated a core dynamo.
As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Professor Tanja Bosak helps determine the best samples to bring home for clues about life 4 billion years ago.
Study suggests parts of the Sierra Nevadas formed in a “geologic instant,” more than twice as fast as previously thought.
Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long before the control of fire.
Findings also suggest exoplanets lying within habitable zones may be susceptible to ice ages.
Geological evidence suggests the known dinosaur groups diverged early on, supporting the traditional dinosaur family tree.
Led by MIT researchers, one of the experiments aboard the next mission to the Red Planet aims to generate oxygen from Martian air.
Study suggests the rare objects likely came from an early planetesimal with a magnetic core.
New model answers longstanding question of how these sudden flows happen; may expand understanding of Antarctic ice sheets.
Research suggests glacial melting might explain the recent decadal cooling and sea ice expansion across Antarctica's Southern Ocean.
The existence of a magnetic field beyond 3.5 billion years ago is still up for debate.