A brilliant hands-on activity by her second grade teacher got Kelsey Moore, now an MIT graduate student, wondering about the earliest life on Earth. Students and teachers alike can find…
Continue readingThis week’s announcement by NASA confirming liquid water flowing on the surface of Mars is big news. Several MIT faculty who study Mars shared their thoughts with Boston.com’s Eric Levenson: “I’m excited…
Continue readingGoldilocks likes her porridge not too hot, not too cold, but just right. Planets, too, can be “just right” if they’re not too close to their star, but not too…
Continue readingAn artist’s rendition of Kepler-7b (left) with Jupiter for comparison. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT) What’s The Forecast On Kepler-7B? Hot And Cloudy October 01, 201311:02 AM Scientists are reasonably sure that it’s…
Continue readingAstrophysicist and professor Sara Seager has been named MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner, one of 24 recipients for the year. Dina Katabi, an MIT computer science professor, was also a grant…
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