The observations could illuminate how supermassive black holes feed and grow.
New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar's plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.
The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.
A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.
The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.
Just 33 light years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized planets.
Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are helping to solve one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields.
The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.
The system is orbited by third stellar companion and may have originated near the center of the Milky Way.
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