Former Whitehead Fellow and recent International Space Station resident gives public talk and engages with the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.
Thousands attend MIT solar eclipse-watching parties on campus, at the MIT Wallace Observatory, and in Rexburg, Idaho.
MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.
Atmospheric scientists at the MIT Haystack Observatory will study North American eclipse effects on space weather with radar and navigational satellites.
Whether you'll be in the path of totality on Aug. 21 or anywhere else in North America, you should be able to view the eclipse.
MIT hosts Astronomy Training Camp for student-run national astronomy team.
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.
Distinguished atmospheric scientist recognized for lifetime of accomplishments.
Alumna and former MIT professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton is working with MIT faculty in her role as principal investigator for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission.
MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.
Module would serve as a commercially owned space station, featuring a luxury hotel as the primary anchor tenant and NASA as a temporary co-anchor tenant.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor Nuno Loureiro ponders the origins of magnetic fields.
New laser technique identifies the makeup of space debris, from painted shards to Teflon.