Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.

Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life.

The “oriented” samples, the first of their kind from any planet, could shed light on Mars’ ancient magnetic field.

Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions.

Using New York as a test case, the model predicts flooding at the level experienced during Hurricane Sandy will occur roughly every 30 years by the end of this century.

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

2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.

An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years.

MIT researchers who share their data recognized at second annual awards celebration.

MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.