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A black hole’s spinning energy, like a flat pancake.

MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar

When the universe was just 850 million years old, this voracious black hole was already surprisingly mature, a new study finds.

June 8, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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JWST Will Finally Hunt for Alien Moons—And Much More

March 6, 2024
Categories: In The News, Pappalardo Fellows, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

School of Science announces 2024 Infinite Expansion Awards

March 3, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Academic Staff, Postdocs
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How scientists are using quantum squeezing to push the limits of their sensors

February 28, 2024
Categories: In The News, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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A journey through the history of quasicrystals

March 2, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Condensed Matter Experiment

Eight from MIT named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

February 28, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Quantum Information Science, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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What Is the Nature of Time?

February 28, 2024
Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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Annual Festival of Learning discusses applications of generative artificial intelligence inside and outside of the classroom

February 21, 2024
Categories: Education, Events, Faculty
Three small purple spheres are on left, and one large purple sphere is on right. A bending stream of energy is between them. Graphene layers are in the background.

Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds

February 20, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty, Undergraduates, Students, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
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For all humankind

February 12, 2024
Categories: In The News, Undergraduates
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To See Black Holes in Stunning Detail, She Uses ‘Echoes’ Like a Bat

February 11, 2024
Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat “sloshing” in a superfluid

February 7, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty, Alumni, Atomic Physics
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After 20 years, this scientist uncovered the physics behind the spiral pass

February 6, 2024
Categories: In The News, Academic Staff
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