Pathfinder satellite paves way for constellation of tropical-storm observers
Lincoln Laboratory’s TROPICS satellites will help scientists study extreme tropical weather once all six are launched next year.
Lincoln Laboratory’s TROPICS satellites will help scientists study extreme tropical weather once all six are launched next year.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
Planetary physicist and former director of the MIT Center for Space Research and the Arecibo Observatory helped repurpose military radar technology for science and space exploration.
In a virtual event, Fincke discussed his time studying at MIT, learning the Russian language, and flying on both Russian and American spacecraft.
Thanks to an MIT-designed instrument, a NASA mission has produced oxygen on another planet for the first time.
Lesson learned from the CHiPS survey must inform future cluster searches, researchers say.
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output.
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.
Maya Nasr’s work on the Mars 2020 mission has led her to become an advocate for expanding international cooperation in space.
Inspired by decades-old MIT research, the new technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics.
Scientists observe reduction in emissions of banned ozone-depleting chemical after unexpected spike.
The record shows ancient temperature variations coinciding with shifts in the planet’s biodiversity.
Findings suggest the first galaxies in the universe were more massive than previously thought.
Results significantly narrow the range of possible places to find the hypothetical dark matter particles.
Lander to take a leave of absence to assume Cabinet-level post; Zuber to co-chair presidential advisory council.