3Q: A bold mission to touch the sun | MIT News
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
Aug. 13, 2018 • ~6 min
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Taylor Perron named EAPS associate department head | MIT News
Expert in landscape evolution will build upon the work of outgoing associate department head Tim Grove, supporting the EAPS education mission.
July 19, 2018 • ~6 min
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Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding? | MIT News
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
July 12, 2018 • ~9 min
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Networks in aerospace | MIT News
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
June 22, 2018 • ~8 min
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Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record time | MIT News
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
June 20, 2018 • ~7 min
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3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on Mars | MIT News
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
June 7, 2018 • ~5 min
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TESS takes initial test image | MIT News
Exoplanet-seeking satellite developed by MIT swings by moon toward final orbit.
May 18, 2018 • ~3 min
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Ushering in the next phase of exoplanet discovery | MIT News
Professor Sara Seager previews a new era of discovery as a leader of the TESS mission, which is expected to find some 20,000 extrasolar planets.
May 3, 2018 • ~7 min
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TESS readies for takeoff | MIT News
Satellite developed by MIT aims to discover thousands of nearby exoplanets, including at least 50 Earth-sized ones.
April 12, 2018 • ~15 min
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Dense stellar clusters may foster black hole megamergers | MIT News
Black holes in these environments could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything a single star could produce.
April 10, 2018 • ~9 min
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