From making the lunar landings possible to interpreting the meaning of the moon rocks, the Institute was a vital part of history.
July 18, 2019Honor recognizes scientists whose achievements have most advanced our understanding of planetary systems.
May 31, 2019MIT community input will help determine the focus of the study to be carried aboard Blue Moon lander.
May 10, 2019Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
August 9, 2017Scientists reconstruct first hours after a giant impact created one of the largest craters on the moon.
October 27, 2016A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon.
August 17, 2016AeroAstro team turns to MIT crowdsourcing to fund entry in NASA space launch competition.
February 5, 2016Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust.
September 10, 2015The moon’s molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo.
December 4, 2014System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
December 3, 2014MIT researchers find that a volcanic plume, not an asteroid, likely created the moon’s largest basin.
October 1, 2014Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago.
November 7, 2013Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
May 30, 2013In 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.
March 7, 2013Twin spacecraft create a highly detailed gravity map of the moon, finding an interior pulverized by early impacts.
December 5, 2012Scientists map Shackleton crater, whose unusually bright floor may hint at the presence of ice.
June 20, 2012Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core was likely sustained by an alternative power source.
January 27, 2012MIT-led GRAIL mission enters lunar obit
January 6, 2012MIT-led GRAIL mission to map the lunar gravitational field.
September 8, 2011