"What NASA and other space agencies are concerned about is whether or not the immune system is going to be compromised during very prolonged spaceflight missions."

Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.

Algorithm could help autonomous underwater vehicles explore risky but scientifically-rewarding environments.

An algorithm that teaches robot agents how to exchange advice to complete a task helps them learn faster.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft, carrying MIT instrument, arrived at asteroid in December; now begins the science to select a sampling location.

Model identifies instances when autonomous systems have learned from examples that may cause dangerous errors in the real world.

Scans of astronauts' brains before and after time in space reveal some interesting changes.

Researchers design CubeSats with lasers to provide steady reference light for telescopes investigating distant planets.

Platform offers the precision that shoebox-sized CubeSats need to beam down hefty data packets.

MIT Kavli's John Richardson describes MIT's role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium.