Student-built instrument headed to asteroid and back | MIT News

Created by MIT students, REXIS has been integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
Nov. 17, 2015 ~3 min

Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people | MIT News

MIT hosts national ScienceWriters2015 conference.

Maia Weinstock | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 15, 2015 ~7 min

Interplanetary architecture | MIT News

Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.

Michael Blanding | School of Architecture and Planning • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Cassie Martin | Oceans at MIT • mit
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.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
July 27, 2015 ~11 min

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