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At left, deep space image with many galaxies. At right, aerial view of Oulu Cathedral

Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound

An immersive sound installation, co-created by MIT Associate Professor Kiyoshi Masui, transforms more than 4,000 cosmic signals into spatial audio.

May 6, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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3Q: Scientists shave estimate of neutrino’s mass in half

September 15, 2019
Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is inspected before its launch in April 2018.

TESS team is awarded NASA’s Silver Achievement Medal

September 11, 2019
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for black hole observation

September 5, 2019
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Theory, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Images showing interference patterns (top) and a Wilson loop (bottom)

Exotic physics phenomenon is observed for first time

September 4, 2019
Categories: Research, Faculty, Condensed Matter Theory, Condensed Matter Experiment

Big Data Doesn’t Interpret Itself

September 4, 2019
Categories: Faculty
Image of the cluster Westerlund 2, an obscured compact young star cluster in the Milky Way, and its surroundings.

Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements

August 19, 2019
Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Boosting computing power for the future of particle physics

August 18, 2019
Categories: Research, Faculty, Particle Physics Experiment
Artist’s rendering of the surface of LHS 3844b, a planet that has been found to have no atmosphere.

Rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet is missing an atmosphere

August 18, 2019
Categories: Research, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Data-mining for dark matter

August 14, 2019
Categories: Research, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory

Julian Picard: Chopping microwaves, sharpening instincts

August 11, 2019
Categories: Profile, Students, Particle Physics Experiment
Liquid crystal textures

Finding the Magic in Liquid Crystals

August 7, 2019
Categories: Faculty

Daniel Freedman wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

August 5, 2019
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
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