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.
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.
March 14, 2017 • ~14 min
Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust | MIT News
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Feb. 13, 2017 • ~6 min
/
22