TESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury

The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 2, 2021 • ~5 min

One year on this giant, blistering hot planet is just 16 hours long

A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 23, 2021 • ~7 min

Fifty years ago, humans took the first full photo of Earth from space – the climate crisis means it's time for another

Photographing the full Earth from space could provide a profound and timely reminder of its vulnerability in the face of climate change.

Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Nov. 5, 2021 • ~7 min

50 years ago, humans took the first full photo of Earth from space – the climate crisis means it's time for another

Photographing the full Earth from space could provide a profound and timely reminder of its vulnerability in the face of climate change.

Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Nov. 5, 2021 • ~7 min

Musk v Bezos: real rivals or fake feud? Our research gives a clue

Many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs cooperate closely behind the scenes.

Ben Little, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics, University of East Anglia • conversation
Oct. 25, 2021 • ~7 min

Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake

The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 7, 2021 • ~7 min

BepiColombo's first close-up pictures of Mercury's surface hint at answers to the planet's secrets

What did Mercury look like as BepiColombo swung by?

David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2021 • ~9 min

BepiColombo's first close-up pictures from 200km above Mercury hint at answers to the planet's secrets

What did Mercury look like as BepiColombo swung by?

David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2021 • ~9 min

Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality

The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.

Sarah Beckmann | MIT Media Lab • mit
July 28, 2021 • ~10 min

Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station – here's what to expect

China's space programme is going from strength to strength.

Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
July 5, 2021 • ~7 min

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