Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing | MIT News
Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal landing sites for Mars rovers.
Sept. 26, 2018 • ~9 min
How Earth sheds heat into space | MIT News
New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming.
Sept. 24, 2018 • ~7 min
Professor Emeritus Bernard Burke, astrophysics pioneer, dies at 90 | MIT News
Former Astrophysics Division chair discovered radio noise from Jupiter and the first Einstein Ring, and developed tools to map the universe.
Sept. 24, 2018 • ~12 min
Timothy Grove awarded AGU's Harry H. Hess Medal | MIT News
American Geophysical Union honors EAPS professor's “outstanding achievements in research on the constitution and evolution of the Earth and other planets.”
Sept. 10, 2018 • ~3 min
Julien de Wit and TRAPPIST-1 science team receive NASA award | MIT News
Assistant professor in EAPS and colleagues from the University of Liège were honored for groundbreaking planetary system discovery.
Sept. 6, 2018 • ~2 min
3Q: A bold mission to touch the sun | MIT News
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
Aug. 13, 2018 • ~6 min
Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record time | MIT News
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
June 20, 2018 • ~7 min
3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on Mars | MIT News
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
June 7, 2018 • ~5 min
TESS takes initial test image | MIT News
Exoplanet-seeking satellite developed by MIT swings by moon toward final orbit.
May 18, 2018 • ~3 min
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