International team observes innermost structure of quasar jet

New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar's plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.

Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory • mit
Nov. 22, 2022 ~8 min

MIT’s MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars

Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 31, 2022 ~7 min


Cracking the case of Arctic sea ice breakup

A distributed sensor network may help researchers identify the physical processes contributing to diminishing sea ice in the planet’s fastest-warming region.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
June 1, 2022 ~16 min

Astronomers snap first-ever image of supermassive black hole Sagitarrius A*

The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 12, 2022 ~8 min

How a sudden stratospheric warming affected the Northern Hemisphere

Research from MIT Haystack Observatory finds a stratospheric warming event over Antarctica linked to anomalies in near-Earth space above North America and Europe.

Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory • mit
July 22, 2021 ~4 min

Saving the radome

Student-led efforts preserve iconic campus landmark for future generations of education and research.

Sara Cody | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
May 7, 2021 ~7 min

Aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, MOXIE creates oxygen on Mars

Thanks to an MIT-designed instrument, a NASA mission has produced oxygen on another planet for the first time.

Nancy Kotary | Sara Cody | Haystack Observatory | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
April 21, 2021 ~3 min

Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole

New image of M87 reveals how it looks in polarized light.

MIT Haystack Observatory • mit
March 24, 2021 ~10 min


The wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole

Analysis of Event Horizon Telescope observations from 2009 to 2017 reveals turbulent evolution of the M87* black hole image.

Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory • mit
Sept. 23, 2020 ~5 min

MIT-led team to develop software to help forecast space storms

National Science Foundation awards proposal for space weather modeling.

Sara Cody | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
Sept. 10, 2020 ~7 min

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