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- 20 Jul 2016, 17:00 UTC First atmospheric study of Earth-sized exoplanets reveals rocky worlds
- 15 Jul 2016, 04:00 UTC Ready for takeoff
- 14 Jul 2016, 12:00 UTC 3 Questions: Richard Binzel on what we've learned so far from New Horizons
- 6 Jul 2016, 17:00 UTC Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster
- 27 Jun 2016, 04:00 UTC Researchers trace Mercury’s origins to rare meteorite
- 24 Jun 2016, 21:35 UTC Southern Ocean cooling in a warming world
- 15 Jun 2016, 17:15 UTC For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves
- 13 Jun 2016, 14:59 UTC Researchers find a way to extend life and improve performance of fuel cell electrodes
- 8 Jun 2016, 17:00 UTC Scientists observe supermassive black hole feeding on cold gas
- 6 Jun 2016, 04:00 UTC A method to image black holes
- 2 Jun 2016, 17:00 UTC Rainer Weiss wins Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
- 1 Jun 2016, 21:45 UTC Rainer Weiss awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
- 13 May 2016, 17:59 UTC Study pinpoints timing of oxygen’s first appearance in Earth’s atmosphere
- 6 May 2016, 17:59 UTC Tracking Greenland’s ice melt with seismic waves
- 4 May 2016, 13:30 UTC LIGO researchers awarded Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- 2 May 2016, 15:00 UTC Scientists discover potentially habitable planets
- 28 Apr 2016, 18:30 UTC Apollo 13 commander James Lovell: “Crises don’t bother me anymore”
- 21 Apr 2016, 17:00 UTC Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1 Apr 2016, 04:14 UTC New institute will accelerate innovations in fibers and fabrics
- 30 Mar 2016, 16:59 UTC First temperature map of a “super-Earth” reveals lava world
- 28 Mar 2016, 19:20 UTC School of Science honors staff with 2016 Infinite Mile Awards
- 28 Mar 2016, 15:30 UTC A highly eccentric exoplanet
- 21 Mar 2016, 16:00 UTC 3 Questions: The origin of the cosmos’ heaviest elements
- 26 Feb 2016, 21:00 UTC Testimony: LIGO has “cracked open” a new window to the universe
- 22 Feb 2016, 20:00 UTC Title for ‘Earth’s first animal’ likely goes to simple sea creature
- 16 Feb 2016, 14:00 UTC MIT, Boeing, NASA, and edX to launch online architecture and systems engineering program
- 11 Feb 2016, 15:25 UTC Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves
- 11 Feb 2016, 15:25 UTC Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
- 11 Feb 2016, 15:25 UTC Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
- 5 Feb 2016, 21:57 UTC Students’ project a contender for a hitchhike to the moon
- 1 Feb 2016, 20:00 UTC Living a “mixotrophic” lifestyle
- 26 Jan 2016, 21:56 UTC Getting real — on Mars
- 19 Jan 2016, 15:00 UTC Space: The here-and-now frontier
- 8 Jan 2016, 14:42 UTC Student-built instrument headed to asteroid and back
- 7 Jan 2016, 19:15 UTC Most distant massive galaxy cluster identified
- 4 Jan 2016, 17:46 UTC School of Science honors research staff with 2016 Infinite Kilometer Awards
- 3 Dec 2015, 05:00 UTC 3 Questions: Anna Frebel on searching for the oldest stars
- 17 Nov 2015, 23:49 UTC NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
- 13 Nov 2015, 20:00 UTC 3Q: Sarah Ballard on astrophysics and gender equity in science
- 11 Nov 2015, 17:59 UTC New exoplanet in our neighborhood
- 15 Oct 2015, 15:37 UTC Interplanetary architecture
- 15 Oct 2015, 14:00 UTC Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people
- 15 Oct 2015, 03:59 UTC To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
- 25 Sep 2015, 17:22 UTC Amanda Bosh promoted to senior lecturer
- 17 Sep 2015, 20:32 UTC Advanced LIGO set to begin science operations
- 11 Sep 2015, 15:01 UTC Advice to students in planetary science: “Start young!”
- 4 Sep 2015, 21:27 UTC Pluto Revealed! An update from New Horizons
- 4 Aug 2015, 17:00 UTC Celebrating 10 years of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT
- 4 Aug 2015, 17:00 UTC Celebrating 10 years of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT
- 29 Jul 2015, 13:39 UTC New Horizons data hint at underground ocean
