Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record time
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
Study finds reduction in sulfur emissions from power plants.
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
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.
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.
Members of MIT's Science Policy Initiative meet with members of Congress on Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day 2018.
Researchers mark a silver anniversary for a space geodesy technique pioneered at MIT.
Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and AeroAstro Professor Dava Newman share experiences as leaders of the U.S. space program.
Grad students Alexa Aguilar and Arthur J. Brown receive honor that recognizes outstanding student academic performance, civic contributions, and research.
Research shows the Clean Air Act was likely responsible for a dramatic decline in atmospheric organic aerosol.
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
Design engineer and 2017 alumna working on the largest rocket ever created by NASA was named an "Awesome Woman of 2017."
Olbert researched measurements of solar wind with instruments on several NASA space missions, including the Voyager probes.