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MIT astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars

The observations suggest some of earliest “monster” black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.

May 8, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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This illustration shows a multi-jet event recorded by the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

Center for Theoretical Physics professors earn DOE Quantum Information Science Awards

October 12, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Information Science
Conceptual design of the ARC.

A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge

October 9, 2018
Categories: In The News
Riccardo Comin, Class of 1947 Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics

Riccardo Comin wins U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grant

October 5, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
Photo of a glass cube on MIT's North Court that five students were challenged to live and work in.

Student entrepreneurs think inside the box

October 5, 2018
Categories: In The News, Students & Alumni
Bernard Burke

Professor Emeritus Bernard Burke, astrophysics pioneer, dies at 90

September 24, 2018
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Photo of MIT.nano building.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

September 23, 2018
Categories: Labs & Centers, Faculty/Emeritus
New physics faculty Kiyoshi Masui and Phiala Shanahan

School of Science welcomes 10 professors

September 19, 2018
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
Illustration depicting light traveling within fish-eye lens.

Fish-eye lens may entangle pairs of atoms

September 5, 2018
Categories: Research, Students & Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Graphic depicting decay of Higgs boson.

3 Questions: Philip Harris on first observation of long-predicted Higgs boson decay

August 28, 2018
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment

Kerstin Perez honored with 2018 School of Science teaching prize

August 20, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
Quasar

Light from ancient quasars helps confirm quantum entanglement

August 19, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Theory
Image of new galaxy cluster harboring black hole.

Sprawling galaxy cluster found hiding in plain sight

August 16, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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