Jacqueline Hewitt to step down as director of the MIT Kavli Institute
Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.
Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.
EAPS professors Summons, Bosak, and Weiss provide insight on how the Jezero Crater can advance the study of Martian history and the search for ancient life.
System allows drones to cooperatively explore terrain under thick forest canopies where GPS signals are unreliable.
Mars expert John Grotzinger tells the story of exploration and the search for ancient life on the red planet at the annual Carlson Lecture.
Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal landing sites for Mars rovers.
Assistant professor in EAPS and colleagues from the University of Liège were honored for groundbreaking planetary system discovery.
Graduate student Kelsey Moore uses genetic and fossil evidence to study the first stages of evolution on our planet.
Bright light from black hole in a feeding frenzy had been obscuring surrounding galaxies.
Measurement of an exoplanet transit demonstrates proof of concept that small spacecraft can perform high-precision photometry.
MIT student group welcomes an all-black, all-female team who had been targeted by racist and misogynistic members of an infamous online forum.
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
Mechanical engineer and instrument scientist on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is the first female principal research scientist in the department's history.
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
Study finds reduction in sulfur emissions from power plants.