Erin Kara named Edgerton Award winner

The award recognizes exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
April 17, 2024 ~5 min

Persistent “hiccups” in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

Analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 27, 2024 ~9 min


Study: Life’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 20, 2024 ~8 min

Astronomers spot 18 black holes gobbling up nearby stars

The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Jan. 29, 2024 ~8 min

Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Jan. 26, 2024 ~8 min

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Dec. 28, 2023 ~8 min

Bright flash leads astronomers to a heavy-metal factory 900 million light years away

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Oct. 25, 2023 ~7 min

LIGO surpasses the quantum limit

Researchers achieve a landmark in quantum squeezing.

Whitney Clavin • mit
Oct. 23, 2023 ~16 min


Newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Aug. 30, 2023 ~7 min

A telescope’s last view

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

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 30, 2023 ~7 min

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