Tiny satellites could be “guide stars” for huge next-generation telescopes
Researchers design CubeSats with lasers to provide steady reference light for telescopes investigating distant planets.
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Researchers design CubeSats with lasers to provide steady reference light for telescopes investigating distant planets.
"Magic-angle" graphene named 2018 Breakthrough of the Year; first ionic plane and earliest evidence of hydrogen gas named to top 10 breakthroughs.
Platform offers the precision that shoebox-sized CubeSats need to beam down hefty data packets.
MIT Kavli's John Richardson describes MIT's role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium.
Stewart Isaacs, a PhD student in AeroAstro and a world champion jump roper, credits his academic successes to his long career in competitive jump roping.
The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels.
The School of Engineering’s faculty leadership weigh in on what the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing will mean for their students and faculty.
A roundup of MIT student research projects offers a glimpse of where computing is going next.
Researchers find most fantasy sports are based on skill, not luck.
Existing laser technology could be fashioned into Earth’s “porch light” to attract alien astronomers, study finds.
System allows drones to cooperatively explore terrain under thick forest canopies where GPS signals are unreliable.
New leadership team named for the Institute's interdisciplinary hub for advanced thinking in the science and engineering of computation.
A grad student's research project unexpectedly yields a spooky message made from millions of carbon nanotubes.
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
The Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program helped Catalina Romero understand that she wasn’t alone on her MIT journey.