Physics
Lava oceans may not explain the brightness of some hot super-Earths
Arguably some of the weirdest, most extreme planets among the more than 4,000 exoplanets discovered to...
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Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?
August 2, 2020In some versions of the game blackjack, one way to win against the house is for...
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In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear
July 15, 2020It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run...
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Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
June 16, 2020A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm...
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Capturing stardust
June 11, 2020Danielle Frostig spent the last Friday in February with the rest of the Astronomical Instrumentation Team...
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2020-21
June 9, 2020Topics:Rankings, Architecture, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Civil and environmental engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Economics,...
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Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time
May 26, 2020Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have combined the power of a super collider with techniques of...
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A Ticketmaster for science seminars
May 25, 2020One of the perks of an academic’s pre-pandemic life was the chance, at least once a...
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