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MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.

February 24, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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An aerial view of the Virgo site shows the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the 3km-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm.

LIGO project begins new gravitational wave hunt

June 4, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Illustration shows the Kepler Space Telescope, left, floating next to a blue planet, a grey planet, and a red planet of similar sizes.

A telescope’s last view

May 29, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Senior Thomas Bergamaschi leans on a railing overlooking an indoor courtyard with a colorful floor

Fueled by problem-solving

May 29, 2023
Categories: Profile, Education, Undergraduates, Quantum Information Science
Aerial photo of LIGO facility

Gravitational-wave detectors start next observing run to explore the secrets of the universe

May 24, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Photo illustration of the CHIME telescope.

Study doubles the number of known repeating fast radio bursts

May 24, 2023
Categories: Research, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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X-ray astronomy leader George W. Clark dies at 94

May 17, 2023
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
The collision of two black holes holes is seen in this still from a computer simulation.

LIGO is back — and can now spot more colliding black holes than ever

May 23, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Sophomore physics major April Cheng named a 2023 Astronaut Scholar from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

May 21, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Undergraduates, Students & Alumni
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We Need Quantum Physics to See

May 17, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
James Webb Space Telescope in space

JWST Will Hunt for Dead Solar Systems — And Much More — In Its Second Year of Science

May 17, 2023
Categories: Research, Pappalardo Fellows, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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MIT School of Science announces 2023 Infinite Mile Awards

May 14, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Admin Staff

Warmer temperatures favor slower-growing bacteria in natural marine communities

May 9, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Biophysics
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