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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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For Thomas Searles, a passion for people and science at HBCUs and MIT

Categories: Profile, Visiting Faculty, URM STEM, Condensed Matter Experiment

Five MIT researchers receive awards from the American Physical Society

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Students, Pappalardo Fellows, URM STEM, WiSTEM, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
A magnetar in outburst

Astronomers report first detection of ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy

Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
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Beautiful, Impractical Physics

Categories: Faculty
Two people in clean suits inspecting a mirror-testing apparatus.

Designing new mirror materials for better gravitational-wave detection

Categories: Research, Profile, Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Andrea Ghez ’87 awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

Categories: Awards/Honors, Interview/Q&A, In The News, Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

How to Measure the Speed of Light With a Bar of Chocolate and Your Microwave

Categories: In The News, Students

Daniel Harlow awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics

Categories: In The News, Faculty

Kofi Blake is bringing people together

Categories: Profile, Students, URM STEM

Phiala Shanahan wins 2021 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from APS Physics

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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