Astronomy and Space
Astronaut Michael Fincke ’89 offers students out-of-this-world advice
Life was very different in 1989. A trip to the movie theater cost less than $4,...
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Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts
May 16, 2021On Sept. 9, 2018, astronomers spotted a flash from a galaxy 860 million light years away....
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Spencer Compton, Karna Morey, Tara Venkatadri, and Lily Zhang named 2021-22 Goldwater Scholars
April 21, 2021MIT students Spencer Compton, Karna Morey, Tara Venkatadri, and Lily Zhang have been selected to receive...
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Aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, MOXIE creates oxygen on Mars
April 20, 2021The oxygen production process starts with carbon dioxide intake; inside MOXIE, the Martian CO2 is compressed...
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Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles
April 13, 2021If ultralight bosons exist, they could interact with a black hole under the right circumstances. Quantum...
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School of Science announces 2021 Infinite Mile awards
April 5, 2021The MIT School of Science has recognized 13 staff members with the 2021 Infinite Mile Award....
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MIT astronomers discover new galaxy clusters hiding in plain sight
March 25, 2021MIT astronomers have discovered new and unusual galactic neighborhoods that previous studies overlooked. Their results, published...
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Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
March 23, 2021This article is adapted from an announcement by the Event Horizon Telescope. MIT Haystack Observatory is...
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