Three MIT faculty elected 2018 AAAS Fellows
Jacqueline Hewitt, Kristala Prather, and John Lienhard are among those recognized for their efforts to advance science.
Jacqueline Hewitt, Kristala Prather, and John Lienhard are among those recognized for their efforts to advance science.
Kaley Brauer, Sarah Greer, William Moses, and Paul Zhang will receive DoE support to fuel research that tackles problems of national importance.
Lisa Barsotti, Martin Bazant, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Richard Lanza receive prestigious honor recognizing them for their research and leadership.
Four other MIT researchers to receive New Horizons Prizes in math and physics; two alumni win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal landing sites for Mars rovers.
Former Astrophysics Division chair discovered radio noise from Jupiter and the first Einstein Ring, and developed tools to map the universe.
Bright light from black hole in a feeding frenzy had been obscuring surrounding galaxies.
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
New data may explain star’s mysterious dimming.
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
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.