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Martina Solano Soto wants to solve the mysteries of the universe, and MIT Open Learning is part of her plan

The 17-year-old student from Spain uses MIT resources to deepen her understanding of math and physics.

April 28, 2025
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus

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Unlocking Quantum Mysteries! Discover How Electrons Shape Matter

January 5, 2025
Categories: In The News, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Turbulent Origins of Twinkling Fast Radio Burst Revealed by MIT Scientists

January 3, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
The planetary nebula NGC 2440 as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.

What are stars made of? A century ago, this woman found out—and changed physics forever

January 1, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Astrophysics Theory
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MIT scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst

January 1, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Artist’s Impression of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397 showing black holes swarming in its core.

Why dark matter’s mysteries persist after decades of searching

December 26, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
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MIT community in 2024: A year in review

December 24, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
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MIT in the media: 2024 in review

December 24, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
A black hole animation of the event horizon. It shows the swirling orange material around the central black void.

Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

December 21, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory

Professor William Oliver and Michael Menzel ’81 receive 2025 IEEE honors

December 19, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Quantum Information Science
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When everything in the universe changed

December 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Physicists magnetize a material with light

December 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Physics graduate student Andrew Denniston, advisor Prof. Or Hen, and colleagues honored in Physics World’s Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2024

December 12, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Graduate Students, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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