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An illustration of a red dwarf star orbited by an exoplanet.

TESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury

The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.

December 3, 2021
Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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An illustration of a red dwarf star orbited by an exoplanet.

TESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury

December 2, 2021
Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Israeli Physicist Netta Engelhardt Finds Key to Solving Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox

December 1, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory

Featured video: A musical encore for a re-imagined library

November 29, 2021
Categories: In The News, Students & Alumni

Scientists discover neutrino simulations are riddled with errors

November 27, 2021
Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
Illustration of neutrinos interacting with nuclei

Electrons Set the Stage for Neutrino Experiments – Solving Mystery of the Origins of Our Matter-Dominated Universe

November 24, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

The Cosmic Origins of Silver and Gold

November 24, 2021
Categories: In The News, Wilczek’s Universe, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible

November 18, 2021
Categories: Research, Faculty, Students & Alumni, Postdocs, Atomic Physics

Nuclear power and America’s clean energy future

November 18, 2021
Categories: In The News, Podcast, Faculty, Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment
Photo of physics junior Carina Hong

Carina Letong Hong named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar for China

November 17, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM
Photo of Makinde Ogunnaike standing, looking off to the right, between two large tree trunks

The poetry of physics

November 16, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Students & Alumni, URM STEM, Condensed Matter Theory
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New material could be two superconductors in one

November 15, 2021
Categories: Research, Faculty, Students & Alumni, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment

American Physical Society honors nine with MIT ties for physics research

November 9, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Academic Staff, WiSTEM, URM STEM, Visiting Faculty
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