Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
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MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.
LIGO opens a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.
AeroAstro team turns to MIT crowdsourcing to fund entry in NASA space launch competition.
Sydney Do, a PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is adding authenticity to a virtual Mars experience.
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics launches a new generation of innovators.
Created by MIT students, REXIS has been integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.
New book details astronomers’ hunt for clues to the early universe.
Though likely uninhabitable, planet is rocky, Earth-sized, and near enough for study of its atmosphere.
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent.
Astronomer and planetary scientist has been a steady source of inspiration for students and community members interested in observational astronomy.
The world's most sensitive gravitational-wave detector is scheduled to go online this week, after seven years of enhancement.
New study finds massive eruptions likely triggered mass extinction.