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Gas distribution around galaxies

Diffuse puffs of “missing” matter surround most galaxies

An MIT-led team used bright radio bursts to illuminate a vast source of matter that was previously unaccounted for.

July 21, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Sally Kornbluth speaking at a podium

President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028

Categories: In The News
Tracy Slatyer poses in front of blackboard covered in physics equations

What If We Never Find Dark Matter?

Categories: In The News, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory, Astrophysics Theory
Dominika Ďurovčíková stands outside with MIT buildings in background.

When the lights turned on in the universe

Categories: Profile, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Two scientists in hard hats working on the 2x2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector.

DUNE Scientists Observe First Neutrinos with Prototype Detector at Fermilab

Categories: Research, Pappalardo Fellows, WiSTEM, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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Joseph A. Izatt PhD ’91 (1962-2024)

Categories: In Remembrance, Alumni
Minh-Thi Nguyen smiles holding her pigtails

‘Total effervescence’: Princeton community remembers Minh-Thi Nguyen ’21

Categories: In Remembrance, Graduate Students, WiSTEM
Molecule with six atoms. Nickel is labeled at the center of each, and two are highlighted with red arrows that say

Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment

Testing spooky action at a distance

Categories: Research, Faculty, Quantum Information Science

New transistor’s superlative properties could have broad electronics applications

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment

Or Hen: Getting to the core of the matter

Categories: Research, Profile, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
Minh-Thi Nguyen poses with others

In Remembrance: Minh-Thi Nguyen

Categories: In Remembrance, Graduate Students
inners of a quantum computer

Spooky action at a distance: a quantum computing research collaboration crosses the Atlantic

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Quantum Information Science
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