Meet the School of Science’s tenured professors for 2018
Six faculty members are granted tenure in four departments.
Six faculty members are granted tenure in four departments.
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.
Award honors immigrants’ contributions to the United States.
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.
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
MIT's Mark Vogelsberger and an international astrophysics team have created a new model pointing to black holes’ role in galaxy formation.
The planetary system’s dense configuration gives clues to its formation
Findings present a puzzle as to how such a huge object could have grown so quickly.
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
Mavalvala, Evans, Frebel, Katsavounidis, and Vitale discuss the science behind LIGO's observations of a neutron star collision.
Professor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the universe through “standard sirens.”
Discovery marks first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light.
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”