Better views with smaller satellites | MIT News
Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.
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.
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.
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.
June 27, 2016 • ~8 min
Ideas in orbit | MIT News
From MIT to the moon, and on campus, senior Raichelle Aniceto builds new connections.
April 8, 2016 • ~8 min
Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people | MIT News
MIT hosts national ScienceWriters2015 conference.
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.
July 23, 2015 • ~4 min
MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots | MIT News
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
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.
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.
March 10, 2015 • ~6 min
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