Mike Massimino to speak at June 4 doctoral hooding ceremony | MIT News

Astronaut and alumnus will be the first-ever speaker at MIT’s Investiture of Doctoral Hoods.

News Office • mit
April 22, 2015 ~4 min

Michael Collins: “I could have been the last person to walk on the moon” | MIT News

Apollo 11 astronaut speaks at MIT about his experiences leading up to the first moon landing.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
April 2, 2015 ~6 min


A second minor planet may possess Saturn-like rings | MIT News

Researchers detect features around Chiron that may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 17, 2015 ~8 min

First-light images from NASA’s soil moisture satellite revealed | MIT News

Professor of civil and environmental engineering Dara Entekhabi, science team leader of NASA's SMAP satellite, marvels at the project's first snapshot of Earth.

Kelsey Damrad | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
March 10, 2015 ~6 min

3 Questions: Dara Entekhabi on NASA’s soil-moisture mission | MIT News

MIT professor is lead scientist on three-year mission to study how soil, water, and carbon interact.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 26, 2015 ~6 min

A twist on planetary origins | MIT News

New study finds meteorites were byproducts of planetary formation, not building blocks.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 14, 2015 ~8 min

Toward quantum chips | MIT News

Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is a crucial step toward quantum-computational circuits.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 9, 2015 ~5 min

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