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.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Sept. 26, 2018~9 mins |
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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.
Sandi Miller | Department of Physics | Sept. 24, 2018~12 mins |
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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.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Aug. 13, 2018~6 mins |
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Taylor Perron named EAPS associate department head | MIT News
Expert in landscape evolution will build upon the work of outgoing associate department head Tim Grove, supporting the EAPS education mission.
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS | July 19, 2018~6 mins |
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Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding? | MIT News
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | July 12, 2018~9 mins |
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Networks in aerospace | MIT News
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
Bridget E. Begg | Office of Graduate Education | June 22, 2018~8 mins |
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Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record time | MIT News
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | June 20, 2018~7 mins |
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3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on Mars | MIT News
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | June 7, 2018~5 mins |
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TESS takes initial test image | MIT News
Exoplanet-seeking satellite developed by MIT swings by moon toward final orbit.
School of Science | May 18, 2018~3 mins |
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Ushering in the next phase of exoplanet discovery | MIT News
Professor Sara Seager previews a new era of discovery as a leader of the TESS mission, which is expected to find some 20,000 extrasolar planets.
Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT | May 3, 2018~7 mins |
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