Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo | MIT News

Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.

MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 27, 2017 ~8 min

Astronaut Kate Rubins returns to the Whitehead Institute to describe her experiences in low-Earth orbit | MIT News

Former Whitehead Fellow and recent International Space Station resident gives public talk and engages with the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Nicole Giese | Whitehead Institute • mit
Sept. 20, 2017 ~4 min


Neighboring exoplanets may hold water, study finds | MIT News

Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 31, 2017 ~8 min

Experiencing the Great American Solar Eclipse | MIT News

Thousands attend MIT solar eclipse-watching parties on campus, at the MIT Wallace Observatory, and in Rexburg, Idaho.

Nancy Kotary | Haystack Observatory • mit
Aug. 29, 2017 ~4 min

Danielle Wood joins Media Lab faculty | MIT News

MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.

MIT Media Lab • mit
Aug. 28, 2017 ~6 min

Q&A: Richard Binzel on tips for observing the 2017 solar eclipse | MIT News

Whether you'll be in the path of totality on Aug. 21 or anywhere else in North America, you should be able to view the eclipse.

MIT Alumni Association • mit
Aug. 15, 2017 ~7 min

Training students' eyes on the skies | MIT News

MIT hosts Astronomy Training Camp for student-run national astronomy team.

Helen Hill | EAPS • mit
Aug. 10, 2017 ~4 min

Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years | MIT News

Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 9, 2017 ~9 min


TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch | MIT News

Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.

Helen Knight | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research • mit
Aug. 4, 2017 ~6 min

New insights into the early universe’s galaxy clusters | MIT News

MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.

MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research • mit
July 25, 2017 ~2 min

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