MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.

Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.

Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.

Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.

Exoplanet-seeking satellite developed by MIT swings by moon toward final orbit.

Professor Sara Seager previews a new era of discovery as a leader of the TESS mission, which is expected to find some 20,000 extrasolar planets.

Satellite developed by MIT aims to discover thousands of nearby exoplanets, including at least 50 Earth-sized ones.

Black holes in these environments could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything a single star could produce.

Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and AeroAstro Professor Dava Newman share experiences as leaders of the U.S. space program.

Grad students Alexa Aguilar and Arthur J. Brown receive honor that recognizes outstanding student academic performance, civic contributions, and research.