Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:55:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions https://spacenews.com/big-data-advanced-algorithms-and-new-approaches-for-space-missions/ https://spacenews.com/big-data-advanced-algorithms-and-new-approaches-for-space-missions/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:55:30 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507266

MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are likely to change in the future as given advancements in robotics and teleoperations. Every time an astronaut steps out of […]

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Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity. The signal is classified as […]

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]]> 201251 New Maps Of Asteroid Psyche Reveal An Ancient World Of Metal And Rock https://spacenews.com/new-maps-of-asteroid-psyche-reveal-an-ancient-world-of-metal-and-rock/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 22:24:21 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=23316

Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where […]

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]]> 23316 MIT Leaders for Global Operations announces new industry partnership with Blue Origin https://spacenews.com/mit-leaders-for-global-operations-announces-new-industry-partnership-with-blue-origin/ Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=86789 The MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program today announced that Blue Origin—the aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company—has become the newest member of its industry partnerships. This addition brings […]

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]]> 464981 Is It A Planet? No. Just A Star https://spacenews.com/is-it-a-planet-no-just-a-star/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:46:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=22814

The first worlds beyond our solar system were discovered three decades ago. Since then, close to 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in our galaxy. Astronomers have detected another 5,000 planetary […]

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]]> 22814 A Hot Jupiter’s Dark Side Revealed In Detail For The First Time https://spacenews.com/a-hot-jupiters-dark-side-revealed-in-detail-for-the-first-time/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:58:59 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=22700

MIT astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of an exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its star. Their observations, combined with measurements of the […]

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]]> 22700 Super-bright Stellar Explosion Is Likely A Ding Star Giving Birth To A black Hole Or Neutron Star https://spacenews.com/super-bright-stellar-explosion-is-likely-a-ding-star-giving-birth-to-a-black-hole-or-neutron-star/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:09:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=22320

In June of 2018, telescopes around the world picked up a brilliant blue flash from the spiral arm of a galaxy 200 million light years away. The powerful burst appeared […]

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]]> 22320 ESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury https://spacenews.com/ess-discovers-a-planet-the-size-of-mars-but-with-the-makeup-of-mercury/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=85195 Ultra-short-period planets are small, compact worlds that whip around their stars at close range, completing an orbit — and a single, scorching year — in less than 24 hours. How […]

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]]> 464544 Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake https://spacenews.com/rover-images-confirm-jezero-crater-is-an-ancient-martian-lake/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=84802 The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover has now confirmed that Mars’ Jezero crater — which today is a dry, wind-eroded depression — was once a […]

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]]> 84802 Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time https://spacenews.com/physicists-observationally-confirm-hawkings-black-hole-theorem-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=84037 There are certain rules that even the most extreme objects in the universe must obey. A central law for black holes predicts that the area of their event horizons — […]

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]]> 84037 Astronomers May Have Found a Signature of Life on Venus https://spacenews.com/astronomers-may-have-found-a-signature-of-life-on-venus/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=82599 The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor. NASA has launched multiple rovers over the years, with a new one currently en route, to […]

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]]> 82599 An Unexpected Origin Story for a Lopsided Black Hole Merger https://spacenews.com/an-unexpected-origin-story-for-a-lopsided-black-hole-merger/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=82548 A lopsided merger of two black holes may have an oddball origin story, according to a new study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere.The merger was first detected on April […]

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]]> 463156 Astronomers Detect Regular Rhythm of Radio Waves, with Origins Unknown https://spacenews.com/astronomers-detect-regular-rhythm-of-radio-waves-with-origins-unknown/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=82202 A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million […]

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]]> 82202 Astronomers observe evolution of a black hole as it wolfs down stellar material https://spacenews.com/astronomers-observe-evolution-of-a-black-hole-as-it-wolfs-down-stellar-material/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=79921 On March 11, an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected an enormous explosion of X-ray light that grew to be six times as bright as the Crab Nebula, nearly […]

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]]> 79921 Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing https://spacenews.com/software-finds-the-best-way-to-stick-a-mars-landing/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=79475 The post Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing appeared first on SpaceNews.

]]> 79475 Sound waves reveal diamond cache deep in Earth’s interior https://spacenews.com/sound-waves-reveal-diamond-cache-deep-in-earths-interior/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=79182 There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond hidden in the Earth’s interior, according to a new study from MIT and other universities. But the new results are […]

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]]> 79182 Study of high-energy neutrinos again proves Einstein right https://spacenews.com/study-of-high-energy-neutrinos-again-proves-einstein-right/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=79185  The universe should be a predictably symmetrical place, according to a cornerstone of Einstein’s theory of special relativity, known as Lorentz symmetry. This principle states that any scientist should observe […]

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]]> 79185 Could Gravitational Waves Reveal How Fast Our Universe Is Expanding? https://spacenews.com/could-gravitational-waves-reveal-how-fast-our-universe-is-expanding/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=79168 Since it first exploded into existence 13.8 billion years ago, the universe has been expanding, dragging along with it hundreds of billions of galaxies and stars, much like raisins in […]

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]]> 460435 Computer searches telescope data for evidence of distant planets https://spacenews.com/computer-searches-telescope-data-for-evidence-of-distant-planets/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=78757 As part of an effort to identify distant planets hospitable to life, NASA has established a crowdsourcing project in which volunteers search telescopic images for evidence of debris disks around […]

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]]> 78757 Study sheds light on turbulence in astrophysical plasmas https://spacenews.com/study-sheds-light-on-turbulence-in-astrophysical-plasmas/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=78268 Plasmas, gas-like collections of ions and electrons, make up an estimated 99 percent of the visible matter in the universe, including the sun, the stars, and the gaseous medium that […]

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]]> 459814 Scientists detect comets outside our solar system https://spacenews.com/scientists-detect-comets-outside-our-solar-system/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=78120 Scientists from MIT and other institutions, working closely with amateur astronomers, have spotted the dusty tails of six exocomets — comets outside our solar system — orbiting a faint star […]

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]]> 459686 LIGO Inventor Rainer Weiss Shares Nobel Prize in Physics https://spacenews.com/ligo-inventor-rainer-weiss-shares-nobel-prize-in-physics/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=77971 Rainer Weiss ‘55, PhD ‘62, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2017. Weiss wins half the prize, sharing the other half of […]

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]]> 77971 MIT space hotel wins NASA graduate design competition https://spacenews.com/mit-space-hotel-wins-nasa-graduate-design-competition/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=77518 An interdisciplinary team of MIT graduate students representing five departments across the Institute was recently honored at NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Design Competition Forum. The challenge involved designing […]

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]]> 459220 Project Apophis: students design a close-range mission to a giant asteroid https://spacenews.com/project-apophis-students-design-a-close-range-mission-to-a-giant-asteroid/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=77310 Alissa Michelle Earle is rehearsing in front of her class. She stands before a presentation slide, and reads: “Mission Motivation: Apophis is coming!”  “It’s not going to impact Earth but […]

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