John Holdren keynote at AeroAstro Giant Leaps
The next 'Giant Leaps' in energy, environment and air transportation
A massive star is born
Time-lapse movie shows that massive stars — which may hold clues about the origins of life — form like their smaller siblings.
Reporter’s Notebook: Where do we go from here?
At MIT forum, former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine and other aerospace experts discuss the future of human spaceflight.
Astronaut and orthopedic surgeon Bobby Satcher tweets his NASA mission
The shuttle Atlantis brought seven astronauts including Robert Satcher ’86, PhD ’93, an orthopedic surgeon who tweeted through space, back to Earth on Nov. 27, after a 11-day NASA mission to stock the International Space Station.
ET: Check your voicemail
New message beamed to the stars commemorates Earth’s first attempt to reach out to intelligent aliens
3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets
MIT planetary scientist discusses projects that aim to discover distant planets similar to our own, and what we can learn when we find them
A faraway planet intrigues
An exoplanet with an extremely tilted orbit raises new interest in stellar astronomy.
Bursting the sun's bubble
New observations indicate the heliosphere — the sun's sphere of influence — has a different shape than theorists had expected.
Asteroids honor and motivate young scientists
Since 2001, MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Ceres Connection program, in conjunction with the International Astronomical Union, has celebrated more than 1,500 science fair winners by naming minor planets in their honor.
3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might mean
The planetary scientist explores the implications of the recent discovery of water on the lunar surface.
Hidden waves pack a big punch
Thomas Peacock sheds light on an odd but powerful phenomenon of sea and sky
In Profile: Maria Zuber
Planetary scientist is driven by the thrill of exploring uncharted territory
The hunt for dark matter
MIT physicists are working on new detectors that may, at last, help them find the elusive particles thought to constitute up to a quarter of the universe.