Better views with smaller satellites | MIT News

Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 12, 2016 ~8 min

Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster | MIT News

Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 6, 2016 ~7 min


Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer | MIT News

September ozone hole has shrunk by 4 million square kilometers since 2000.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 30, 2016 ~7 min

Researchers trace Mercury’s origins to rare meteorite | MIT News

Experiments show planet cooled dramatically in half a billion years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 27, 2016 ~8 min

Ideas in orbit | MIT News

From MIT to the moon, and on campus, senior Raichelle Aniceto builds new connections.

Jessica Fujimori | MIT News correspondent • mit
April 8, 2016 ~8 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

3 Questions: Lennon Rodgers on docking in space | MIT News

System for locking satellites together, initially developed for master’s thesis, to get first space test.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
July 23, 2015 ~4 min

MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots | MIT News

With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 6, 2015 ~7 min


Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable | MIT News

MIT spinout’s electric-propulsion system improves maneuverability of small satellites.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
March 11, 2015 ~9 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

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