First-light images from NASA’s soil moisture satellite revealed
Professor of civil and environmental engineering Dara Entekhabi, science team leader of NASA's SMAP satellite, marvels at the project's first snapshot of Earth.
Professor of civil and environmental engineering Dara Entekhabi, science team leader of NASA's SMAP satellite, marvels at the project's first snapshot of Earth.
Solar storm found to produce “ultrarelativistic, killer electrons” in 60 seconds.
MIT professor is lead scientist on three-year mission to study how soil, water, and carbon interact.
New study finds meteorites were byproducts of planetary formation, not building blocks.
Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is a crucial step toward quantum-computational circuits.
The moon’s molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo.
System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
Researchers find that Earth’s “plasmaspheric hiss” protects against a harmful radiation belt.
New study finds that a strong magnetic field whipped the early solar system into shape.
Better options available in thousands of near-Earth asteroids, expert says.
Nine astronaut alumni and Elon Musk join in celebrating department’s centennial.
President Obama asks AeroAstro professor to take space agency’s No. 2 leadership spot.
MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission.
The pulsar, about as large as the city of Boston, is 10 million times brighter than the sun.