Just 33 light years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized planets.

The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.

The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.

Catalog of planet candidates nearly doubles in size during 2020-21.

The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.

The rocky world, with its baking-hot surface, is likely not habitable.

MIT planetary scientists partner with computer scientists to find exoplanets.

Planetary system orbiting an unusually quiet star is ideal for future habitability searches.

Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.