Colorado forest study provides clearest-ever picture of gases released into the atmosphere and how they change.

Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.

Thousands attend MIT solar eclipse-watching parties on campus, at the MIT Wallace Observatory, and in Rexburg, Idaho.

Estimate will help gauge hang time of greenhouse gases, water vapor, and ozone in upper atmosphere.

Alison Criscitiello PhD '14 seeks ice cores in inhospitable locations, sometimes camping on ice sheets and sleeping with a shotgun in case of bear attacks.

MISTI interns and MIT faculty tackle rising sea level challenges at Italian research camp this summer.

Higher mantle temperatures caused subducting tectonic plates to sink much further than they do today.

Whether you'll be in the path of totality on Aug. 21 or anywhere else in North America, you should be able to view the eclipse.

MIT hosts Astronomy Training Camp for student-run national astronomy team.

Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.