Citizen scientists discover five tightly packed exoplanets | MIT News

The planetary system’s dense configuration gives clues to its formation

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 6, 2017 ~7 min

Study sheds light on turbulence in astrophysical plasmas | MIT News

Theoretical analysis uncovers new mechanisms in plasma turbulence.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Julia C. Keller | School of Science • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.”

Julia C. Keller | School of Science • mit
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.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
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.”

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 3, 2017 ~12 min

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