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Taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, image shows a close up of the rock dubbed 'El Capitan.' The iron-bearing mineral jarosite, which was found in the rock, led MIT and Harvard researchers to posit that early Mars may have had the greenhouse gas sulfur dioxide in its atmosphere.

MIT, Harvard offer solution to Mars enigma

How Mars could have been warm and wet but limestone-free

December 27, 2007

MIT, others ask 'What would E.T. see?'

Team analyzes how alien astronomers would study Earth

December 20, 2007

The twin GRAIL satellites will orbit the moon close together, and constantly monitor the exact timing of radio transmissions between them to reveal any perturbations in their motion caused by variations in the moon's gravity field.

MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission

Twin satellites will study the moon's gravitational pull

December 14, 2007

MIT instrument finds surprises at solar system's edge

December 10, 2007

'New Space' leaders and ex-astronauts to speak at MIT Nov. 9-12

November 8, 2007

Team models a cornucopia of Earth-sized planets

October 31, 2007

MIT alumna commands space shuttle mission

October 22, 2007

Asteroid is 'practice case' for potential hazards

October 13, 2007

Diagram of the system for tethering an astronaut to an asteroid using circumferential ropes.

MIT tether could aid asteroid missions

September 26, 2007

This image of Mars' south polar region shows the ice cap (in white) within the smooth polar layered deposits that overlie the cratered southern highlands.

MIT observations give precise estimate of Mars surface ice

September 21, 2007

In this artist depiction of the SWIFT J1756.9-2508 system, the foreground object is the planet-mass object. The pulsar, located at the upper right, is tidally distorting the companion into a teardrop-shaped object, and ripping gas from it. This material flows in a stream toward the pulsar and forms a disk around it. Eventually, enough gas builds up in the disk to produce an outburst bright enough ...

Stars caught in bizarre death-dance

September 13, 2007

Research scientists Justin Kasper and Alan Lazarus display a Faraday Cup, a device used to measure the current in a beam of charged particles.

Team discovers 'throttle' for solar wind

May 17, 2007

This artist's concept illustrates the hottest planet yet observed in the universe. The scorching ball of gas, a "hot Jupiter" called HD 149026b, is a sweltering 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius) -- about 3 times hotter than the rocky surface of Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system.

Team discovers hottest planet

May 10, 2007

MIT researchers David Simchi-Levi, left, and Olivier L. de Weck released version 1.3 of their SpaceNet software this month.

Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain

Network of nodes could ensure delivery to moon

March 19, 2007

This artist's concept shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet, similar to HD 209458b, that orbits very close to its fiery hot star.

Extrasolars' light guides atmosphere research

February 21, 2007

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