Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster
Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.
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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.
Observations of an extreme-weather planet raise questions about hot Jupiters’ origins.
Unique galaxy offers clues to the extreme conditions that yield the heavies of the periodic table.
MIT’s David Shoemaker testifies before Congress on the significance of LIGO.
LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.