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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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The Physical Process That Powers a New Type of Generative AI

September 19, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students
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Mikhail Ivanov wins 2024 New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prize

September 18, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus
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Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators

September 14, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus
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Harnessing the Void: MIT Controls Quantum Randomness For the First Time

September 9, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus
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Max Tegmark named to TIME100 Most Influential People in AI

September 7, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus
closeup of lab equipment under green light showing a rectangular sensor with cables

Canceling noise to improve quantum devices

September 6, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Quantum Information Science
Photo of the Project 8 Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) device

Closing in on the Elusive Neutrino

September 6, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment

Fast-tracking fusion energy’s arrival with AI and accessibility

September 1, 2023
Categories: In The News
Cosmic Explorer observatory has unique white buildings with smooth edges and dome roofs, and a parking lot, and is in a rural area.

A bigger, better space-ripple detector

August 31, 2023
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
artist's rendition of the two planets and star in the TOI-4600 system

Newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission

August 30, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

In a Monster Star’s Light, a Hint of Darkness

August 29, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
swirling black hole sucking in gas

Giant black hole formed puzzlingly fast at dawn of cosmos

August 22, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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