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Virtual telescope provides pinpoint views of the cosmos

October 2, 2002

Shep Doeleman

New virtual telescope will give sharpest views of the cosmos

September 30, 2002

Researcher Steven Slivan displays a model he made to explain the orientation of asteroids.

Slivan finds asteroid 'siblings' oddly grouped by orientation

September 25, 2002

Researcher Stephen Slivan displays a model he made to explain the orientation of asteroids.

Groups of asteroid siblings spin differently

September 19, 2002

The Apollo Saturn V moon rocket's third stage as photgraphed by the crew of Apollo 8 in December, 1968.

MIT astronomers ID object as Apollo stage

September 19, 2002

Scientists find clues of hidden dark matter

August 14, 2002

Lincoln Lab discovers near-miss asteroid

July 17, 2002

Surprise! High-flying tribute for Ingrams

July 17, 2002

Surprise! High-flying tribute for Ingrams

July 17, 2002

"It was just an awesome experience," Franklin Chang-Diaz said of his first walk in space.

Alum takes place among strollers in space

July 17, 2002

This artist's conception of an X-ray pulsar in a binary star system shows matter from a companion star being channeled onto a rapidly spinning neutron star at its magnetic poles.

Pulsar whittles away stellar companion almost to planet size

June 5, 2002

An artist's conception of an X-ray pulsar in a binary star system: Matter from a companion star is channeled onto a rapidly spinning neutron star at its magnetic poles.

Going, going, almost gone: Pulsar whittles away stellar companion to planet-size

May 24, 2002

New partnerships could reshape NASA science modeling

May 22, 2002

Jeffrey Hoffman, now a lecturer in aeronautics and astronautics, walked in space during the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission in December 1993. He said in a talk on campus, that being at the end of the shuttle's robotic arm was one of his more spectacular experiences.

Exhilaration of space flight, walk described by astronaut Hoffman

May 8, 2002

Scientists find 'local' black hole that pumps energy while it spins

May 1, 2002