New technique may help detect Martian life
A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.
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A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.
If discovered, sterile neutrinos may explain dark matter.
Vibrating footwear could help astronauts and visually impaired earthlings skirt obstacles.
Two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are confirmed to be rocky.
Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons scientist, describes a year of discovery since the spacecraft's historic 2015 Pluto encounter.
Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.
Regarded as the father of organic mass spectrometry, longtime MIT professor solved many problems in protein structure.
Findings suggest two dining styles for black holes.
New algorithm could stitch together astronomical measurements made across the globe.
LIGO inventor shares award for direct detection of gravitational waves.
Physics professor emeritus shares prize with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever for designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
Team that detected gravitational waves to share $3 million prize.
Just 40 light years from Earth, planets are best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life.
Astronaut’s visit to MIT draws capacity crowd as he recounts lunar mission’s “successful failure.”
Exoplanet lacks atmosphere, is covered in rivers of magma.