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Colin J. Lonsdale

Lonsdale to head MIT Haystack Observatory

August 29, 2008

Meteorite 00506, found in Antractica in 2000.

MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link

New analysis makes it possible to 'know our enemy'

August 13, 2008

MIT's venerable Millstone Hill Radar antenna is getting an upgrade, which will allow it to continue its work cataloging objects circling Earth and monitoring satellite and spacecraft launches.

Sputnik-era antenna gets 21st century upgrade

August 7, 2008

Image from the Chandra X-ray observatory shows remnants of supernova Cassiopeia A, and picks out the different X-ray signatures of elements such as iron and silicon that sprayed out in the explosive death of a star.

MIT instruments featured as highlight of NASA's 50 years

Chandra orbiting telescope in Nature's compilation of 10 NASA accomplishments

August 1, 2008

MIT Lincoln Laboratory's LAKaTT satellite terminal, utilized for testing communications over WGS satellites

Lincoln Lab successfully tests new satellite communications system

July 28, 2008

The scale of the heliosphere and nearby galactic neighborhood. The solar system and its nearby galactic neighborhood are illustrated here on a logarithmic scale extending (from < 1 to) 1 million Astornomical Units (AU).

MIT instrument studies edge of sun's bubble

Spacecraft gives data on space beyond sun's influence

July 7, 2008

These images show the topography (a) and crustal thickness (b) of Mars (cylindrical projection). Main features labelled in (a) include Tharsis (Th), Arabia Terra (AT), Hellas (H), Argyre (A), and Utopia (U), as well as the Borealis basin outline (solid line).

Solar system's biggest impact scar discovered

MIT scientists solve riddle of Mars' two-faced nature

June 25, 2008

$Gratings used to manipulate X-rays for future space telescopes and other applications,Â like tiny miniaturized venetian blinds,Â were created using this interference lithography patterning tool, called the nanoruler, developed at MIT's Space Nanotechnology Laboratory. The colorful, diffracting wafer at center has a diameter of 12 inches.$

MIT team develops better X-ray nanomirrors

Nanotechnology will enhance future telescopes

June 9, 2008

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences awards

June 6, 2008

In one of the first significant scientific findings from the effort to detect gravitational waves, the team operating the Laser Interferometer Gravity-wave Observatory (LIGO) has reported that the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula must have an extremely smooth surface. Here the Crab Nebula is shown in a composite image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Measuring a pulsar's smoothness

Team finds significant results from major collaboration

June 3, 2008

The Earth below, the sky above: MIT's trend-setting EAPS turns 25

June 3, 2008

NASA selects MIT-led team to develop planet-searching satellite

June 3, 2008

MIT class asks: Fly me to the moon?

May 21, 2008

The unusual geometry of this star system made it possible for researchers to discover the first evidence of the middle stages of planet formation. Above, one star rises above the obscuring disk of matter, and its light becomes visible.

Catching planets in the making

Team sees first signs of formation's middle stages

April 2, 2008

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Professor Richard Binzel, and graduate student Cristina Thomas, are doing remote observing of asteroids using a NASA IRTF telescope in Hawaii that they are controlling from MIT. They are assisted by Paul Sears (on TV screen), a research associate in Hawaii.

Eyes on the stars, even under cloudy skies

March 19, 2008