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Listening for the echoes of black holes

By analyzing X-ray reverberations and other astrophysical data, Erin Kara seeks to understand the most extreme objects in the universe.

June 26, 2026
Categories: Profile, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Astronomers spot 18 black holes gobbling up nearby stars

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Tiny black holes from the dawn of time may be altering our planet’s orbit, new study suggests

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Theory
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Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Thousands of tiny lights hang from the ceiling of an at least 15-story hotel-style atrium. They are seen from the ground looking up.

Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications

Categories: Research, Faculty, Condensed Matter Theory
A Bose–Einstein condensate emerges from a cloud of cold rubidium atoms

Coldest: how a letter to Einstein and advances in laser-cooling technology led physicists to new quantum states of matter

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Alumni, Atomic Physics

Physicists Remotely Sense Radioactive Decay to Probe Fundamental Forces and Particles

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment
Four planets in space with one having a thinner atmosphere cloud than the rest

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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MIT Physics Students Win National Recognition

Categories: Awards/Honors, Undergraduates
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New brain-like transistor mimics human intelligence

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
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The science and art of complex systems

Categories: Profile, Undergraduates
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In defense of dark skies

Categories: In The News, Undergraduates, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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