Citizen scientists discover five tightly packed exoplanets | MIT News
The planetary system’s dense configuration gives clues to its formation
Jan. 11, 2018 • ~7 min
Drug manufacturing that’s out of this world | MIT News
Continuous-flow chemistry device used for drug production could find use in long-duration space missions.
Jan. 5, 2018 • ~9 min
Scientists observe supermassive black hole in infant universe | MIT News
Findings present a puzzle as to how such a huge object could have grown so quickly.
Dec. 6, 2017 • ~7 min
Study sheds light on turbulence in astrophysical plasmas | MIT News
Theoretical analysis uncovers new mechanisms in plasma turbulence.
Dec. 1, 2017 • ~7 min
Scientists detect comets outside our solar system | MIT News
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
Oct. 25, 2017 • ~8 min
MIT researchers discuss the new "multi-messenger" era of astrophysics research | MIT News
Mavalvala, Evans, Frebel, Katsavounidis, and Vitale discuss the science behind LIGO's observations of a neutron star collision.
Oct. 18, 2017 • ~9 min
LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars | MIT News
Discovery marks first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light.
Oct. 16, 2017 • ~16 min
3Q: Scott Hughes on cosmic distances and the future of gravitational wave astronomy | MIT News
Professor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the universe through “standard sirens.”
Oct. 16, 2017 • ~9 min
Stanislaw Olbert, professor emeritus of physics and a pioneering theorist of the space age, dies at 94 | MIT News
Olbert researched measurements of solar wind with instruments on several NASA space missions, including the Voyager probes.
Oct. 3, 2017 • ~6 min
MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics | MIT News
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
Oct. 3, 2017 • ~12 min
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