The findings suggest our galaxy’s core may contain less dark matter than previously estimated.

The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment.

A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

Using multiple observatories, astronomers directly detect tellurium in two merging neutron stars.

Researchers achieve a landmark in quantum squeezing.

Microbial or fungal biofilms on spacecraft can clog hoses and filters, or make astronauts sick. Space Station tests show that a surface treatment can help.

The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.

A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.

Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.