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Neil Pappalardo smiling at the 2005 Physics Fall Reception.

A. Neil Pappalardo ’64 remembered for his lasting impact on the MIT Department of Physics

A. Neil Pappalardo ’64 remembered for his lasting impact on the MIT Department of Physics

March 7, 2026
Categories: In Remembrance, Pappalardo Fellows

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Neil Pappalardo smiling at the 2005 Physics Fall Reception.

A. Neil Pappalardo ’64 remembered for his lasting impact on the MIT Department of Physics

March 5, 2026
Categories: In Remembrance, Pappalardo Fellows

New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories

March 4, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Badri Ratnam stands in front of a marina with buildings and water in the background

For one learner, online MIT courses are “like getting a Ferrari for the price of an electric scooter”

March 4, 2026
Categories: In The News, Education, Students & Alumni
columned facade of MIT Building 10

Faculty discuss new TFUAP curriculum proposal at February meeting

February 25, 2026
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, Undergraduates

MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

February 18, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Lintel in Lobby of Building 7 says

Patrick Mang and Katherine Panebianco: dual perspectives on physics at MIT

December 10, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Undergraduates, Students & Alumni, Alumni
four planets around bright star, LHS 1903

Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible

February 11, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons

February 3, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
Webb space telescope captured galaxy MoM-z14 as it appeared nearly 13 billion years ago.

The Age of the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen Barely Makes Any Sense

January 28, 2026
Categories: In The News, Pappalardo Fellows, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A computing device with pores, like cheese, is hot on one side and cool on the other.

MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat

January 28, 2026
Categories: In The News, Undergraduates, Condensed Matter Theory

Study: The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupy

January 27, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

January 22, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
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