Student-built instrument headed to asteroid and back | MIT News
Created by MIT students, REXIS has been integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
Jan. 8, 2016 • ~8 min
Most distant massive galaxy cluster identified | MIT News
Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.
Jan. 7, 2016 • ~6 min
NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions | MIT News
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
Nov. 17, 2015 • ~3 min
Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people | MIT News
MIT hosts national ScienceWriters2015 conference.
Oct. 15, 2015 • ~7 min
Interplanetary architecture | MIT News
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
Oct. 15, 2015 • ~8 min
To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars | MIT News
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent.
Oct. 14, 2015 • ~10 min
Advice to students in planetary science: “Start young!” | MIT News
MIT astronomer Richard Binzel describes lengthy preparation for this year’s successful flyby of Pluto.
Sept. 11, 2015 • ~5 min
Moon’s crust as fractured as can be | MIT News
Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust.
Sept. 10, 2015 • ~6 min
New Horizons data hint at underground ocean | MIT News
Ice flows and water ice mountains spied by NASA spacecraft support the idea that an interior ocean may be driving geologic activity on Pluto.
July 29, 2015 • ~4 min
Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote photonics manufacturing | MIT News
Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics.
July 27, 2015 • ~11 min
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