Commercial space: Can we privatize our way to the stars? | MIT News

Annual conference explores the rise and distant future of the private space industry.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2017 ~11 min

Media Lab sets sights on space | MIT News

MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.

Margaret Evans | MIT Media Lab • mit
March 14, 2017 ~14 min


Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust | MIT News

Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2017 ~7 min

James Mar, former AeroAstro department head and Air Force chief scientist, dies at 96 | MIT News

Longtime MIT professor was known for key contributions to aircraft and spacecraft designs.

William Litant | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
March 8, 2017 ~4 min

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings | MIT News

MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas.

Stephanie Eich | Resource Development • mit
March 8, 2017 ~1 min

MIT's Jacqueline Hewitt and HERA team given $5.8M boost to detect cosmic dawn | MIT News

Funding will complete array and measure signals from universe’s first stars.

Julia Keller | School of Science • mit
March 2, 2017 ~4 min

3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds | MIT News

Planets may harbor conditions suitable for sustaining liquid water — and thus life.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2017 ~9 min

The heart of a far-off star beats for its planet | MIT News

Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2017 ~6 min


Self-made stars | MIT News

Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2017 ~6 min

Scientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public | MIT News

Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 13, 2017 ~6 min

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