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Physicist Salvatore Vitale is looking for new sources of gravitational waves, to reach beyond what we can learn about the universe through light alone ..read more
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Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope help to explain the cluster’s mysterious starburst, usually only seen in younger galaxies ..read more
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Researchers characterize the peculiar Einstein Probe transient EP240408a ..read more
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Their source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge, MIT astronomers report ..read more
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2M ago
The engineer and aspiring astronaut developed an outreach program at Lincoln Laboratory to help bring hands-on STEM activities to all ..read more
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2M ago
The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star ..read more
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3M ago
The team’s detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors ..read more
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4M ago
The Lincoln Laboratory-developed laser communications payload operates at the data rates required to image these never-before-seen thin halos of light ..read more
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4M ago
A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune ..read more
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5M ago
MIT Kavli Institute scientists and collaborators will produce a concept study to launch a $1B experiment to investigate the X-ray universe ..read more