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Doubts on pulsars' ages throw other theories into doubt

August 9, 2000

Lackluster comet LINEAR (C/1999 S4) was the first comet caught in the act of disappearing. Using the Hubble telescope, researchers were surprised to catch the icy comet in a brief, violent outburst when it blew off a piece of its crust. The eruption spewed a great deal of dust into space, creating a mist that reflected sunlight, dramatically increasing the comet's brightness over several hours. Hu...

Spanish telescope observes death of comet named for Lincoln Lab

August 9, 2000

Summer traveler or astronaut, motion sickness is a real problem, say MIT space program researchers

August 4, 2000

X-ray image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 4151.

Chandra observes cloud powered by black hole in distant galaxy

June 5, 2000

Speaker will discuss air/space reconnaissance

April 12, 2000

Star-gazing

April 12, 2000

Graduate students Carl Dietrich (left) and Byron Stanley (center) and alumnus Andrew Heafitz with an actual-size model of the rocket they hope to launch, and a smaller prototype which will be launched in the next few weeks in preparation for November's contest.

Rocket team shoots for success

April 12, 2000

MIT aids investigation of Mars mishaps

April 12, 2000

An artist's conception of an Anomalous X-ray Pulsar with magnetic fields, now shown to be part of the neutron star family

Data offer new spin on strange class of pulsars

April 5, 2000

Checking out how well their satellites are performing in microgravity in NASA's KC-135 are (left to right) Professor Dava Newman, consultant Javier deLuis of Payload Systems, Inc., and Dan Feller, a senior in aeronautics and astronautics.

MIT students develop mini satellites

Ultimate goal: space telescope with higher resolution than Hubble

April 3, 2000

An aerial view of the LIGO observatory in Hanford, WA.

LIGO project to provide a new window to the universe

March 29, 2000

MIT researchers provide a new spin on a strange class of pulsars

March 22, 2000

By combining highly accurate topographic maps with new plots of Mars's gravitational field, researchers have developed a working draft of what the planet's interior looks like several kilometers below the surface. This map shows the "moho," the area where the planet's crust borders its mantle.

View inside Mars reveals rapid cooling and buried channels

March 15, 2000

This Chandra X-ray image of the innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy has been smoothed to bring out the X-ray emission from an extended cloud of hot gas surrounding the supermassive black-hole candidate Sagittarius A* (white dot at the center of the image).

MIT scientists present plethora of astronomy findings

January 26, 2000

MIT researchers report finding oxygen and neon ring in ashes of exploded star

January 14, 2000

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Doubts on pulsars' ages throw other theories into doubt

Spanish telescope observes death of comet named for Lincoln Lab

Summer traveler or astronaut, motion sickness is a real problem, say MIT space program researchers

Chandra observes cloud powered by black hole in distant galaxy

Speaker will discuss air/space reconnaissance

Star-gazing

Rocket team shoots for success

MIT aids investigation of Mars mishaps

Data offer new spin on strange class of pulsars

MIT students develop mini satellites

LIGO project to provide a new window to the universe

MIT researchers provide a new spin on a strange class of pulsars

View inside Mars reveals rapid cooling and buried channels

MIT scientists present plethora of astronomy findings

MIT researchers report finding oxygen and neon ring in ashes of exploded star

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