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An artist rendition of SS 433. Gas from the companion flows to the black hole, forming an accretion disk, heating as it spirals inward. Through a process probably involving magnetic fields, some of the inflowing material is launched into a jet at a speed of 175 million miles per hour (26% of the speed of light). The jet gas then cools from 100 million degrees to 10 million degrees as it expands an...

Jets spout far closer to black hole than thought, MIT scientists say

January 6, 2004

This flare, one of the largest solar flares ever observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), set off a strong high-energy proton event and a fast-moving coronal mass ejection that hit Earth early on Oct. 29. Scientists at MIT's Haystack Observatory used radars to track the space- weather effects on the ionosphere.

'Perfect storms' upset Earth's atmosphere

December 3, 2003

One of the largest solar flares ever observed by the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory set off a strong high energy proton event and a fast-moving coronal mass ejection that hit Earth early on the 29th of October. MIT's Haystack Observatory atmospheric scientists utilized an array of detectors to track changes to Earth's ionosphere as a result of this ejection

Solar outbursts provide "perfect storms" for Haystack space weather watchers

November 14, 2003

LINEAR asteroid named for Japan's 'Dr. Rocket'

October 1, 2003

MIT's LINEAR asteroid named for Japan's 'Dr. Rocket'

September 29, 2003

Dark gamma-ray bursts are more flighty than shy, astronomers find

September 17, 2003

MIT-led team: dark gamma-ray bursts more flighty than shy

September 12, 2003

Asteroid of one-kilometer or larger strikes Earth every 600,000 years

September 10, 2003

MIT researchers reassess asteroid hazards

September 5, 2003

Mars-gazing

August 26, 2003

Many gamma-ray bursts go undetected, MIT mathematician estimates

August 12, 2003

Amateur astronomer locates powerful stellar explosion before the pros

August 12, 2003

IMAGE / NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Pooley et al. Globular cluster NGC 6266.

Close encounters of the stellar

July 30, 2003

An artist's conception of Pluto and its moon Charon.

Pluto's atmosphere is expanding, researchers say

July 9, 2003

Material accumulating on the pulsar surface can sometimes ignite, causing thermonuclear flashes that emit bursts of X-ray light. These thermonuclear flames spread across the surface of the pulsar in a few seconds. The team established that "burst oscillations", a kind of flickering, during these X-ray bursts provide a direct measure of the pulsar's spin rate.

Einstein's gravitational waves may set speed limit for pulsar spin

July 3, 2003