Seven MIT community members have been honored with 2022 American Astronomical Society (AAS) prizes and awards. Those awarded include two assistant professors of physics, Erin Kara and Kiyoshi Masui,… [+6416 chars]
NASAs rover, Perseverance, seems to have found a friend on Mars. No, it's not an alien but a small pet rock. The two have been together for around four months now and they seem to have become insepar… [+1277 chars]
June's full moon – popularly nicknamed the Strawberry Moon – will ripen in Earth's skies on Tuesday (June 14). The moon will reach its peak around 8:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, but will also appear brigh… [+2013 chars]
After Earth, Mars is the planet we all cant get enough of it seems. In terms of how readers respond to news about these celestial orbs, Id rank Jupiter third and Pluto (not even a planet!) fourth, … [+6592 chars]
Engineers have faced a challenge when studying the basic properties of the materials involved in thermoelectric electronics, and computer technologies as they have been miniaturized to nanometer scal… [+5963 chars]
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is gearing up to start operations this summer, and one of its many assignments will be to search for primeval black holes in the early universe. A supermassive bla… [+3185 chars]
Dear readers, Welcome to Quartzs newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: Building a new orbit, scru… [+6585 chars]
NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus will carry a dime-sized, student-built sensor to study the planet's near-surface environment. The DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gasses, Ch… [+3512 chars]
Scientists at the University of Arizona are participating in sky scans to look for asteroids that could one day endanger the Earth. Theyre among those keeping an eye on the asteroid Apophis, which w… [+997 chars]
The partnership between NASA and SpaceX is poised to get even stronger, as the space agency recently announced its intention to purchase five additional Crew Dragon flights to the International Space… [+5426 chars]
A Quantum Science Center-supported team has captured the first-ever appearance of a previously undetectable quantum excitation known as the axial Higgs mode. This mode manifests as a low-energy exci… [+5482 chars]
Seven MIT community members have been honored with 2022 American Astronomical Society (AAS) prizes and awards. Those awarded include two assistant professors of physics, Erin Kara and Kiyoshi Masui,… [+6416 chars]
