New exoplanet in our neighborhood
Though likely uninhabitable, planet is rocky, Earth-sized, and near enough for study of its atmosphere.
Advanced LIGO set to begin science operations
The world's most sensitive gravitational-wave detector is scheduled to go online this week, after seven years of enhancement.
Moon’s crust as fractured as can be
Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust.
Pluto Revealed! An update from New Horizons
Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons science team co-PI, shares mission results on Sept. 9.
Paul O’Gorman: Extreme storm modeler
Atmospheric scientist tracks climate change’s effects on extreme storms.
New Horizons data hint at underground ocean
Ice flows and water ice mountains spied by NASA spacecraft support the idea that an interior ocean may be driving geologic activity on Pluto.
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on New Horizons’ closest view of Pluto
Spacecraft’s close-up images reveal a complex, frozen world.
Researchers identify zebra-like stripes of plasma in a patch of space
The structure may help scientists identify radiation-remediation strategies in space.
Q&A: Catching Pluto’s shadow
MIT scientists assist as a NASA mission chases Pluto’s shadow to catch details of its atmosphere.
Working out in artificial gravity
A combination of exercise and artificial gravity may lessen negative effects of weightlessness in space.
Small thunderstorms may add up to massive cyclones on Saturn
New model may predict cyclone activity on other planets.
Circular orbits identified for small exoplanets
Observations of 74 Earth-sized planets around distant stars may narrow field of habitable candidates.
3Q: Getting ever closer to observing gravitational waves
Einstein’s theory of general relativity to be put through the paces as Advanced LIGO comes online.
Tracing the evolution of a landscape
Geologist Taylor Perron explores river networks on Earth and beyond.