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Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system’s origins
November 6, 2024![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MIT-OldestRocks-01-press-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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With Psyche, a journey to an ancient asteroid is set to begin
October 11, 2023![The meteorite is dark black and shiny, with a rough texture. A chip of the meteorite is next to it, and a cube says “1 CM” on it.](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MIT_Meteorite-magnets-01-580x0-c-default.jpg)
A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!
April 20, 2023![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2022_Peg_b_awardees_eapsweb-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
MIT welcomes two Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2022
March 31, 2022
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Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake
October 7, 2021![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/fig16__1240x510_q85_subject_location-375250_subsampling-2-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
Ancient meteorites reveal how our solar nebula shape-shifted
March 15, 2021![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mars-faculty-forum-2021_2-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
MIT Faculty Answer Questions about the Mars 2020 Mission
February 17, 2021![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PIA22106_0-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
February 17, 2021![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/martinmountains-martin_0-1-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-580x0-c-default.jpg)
Rock magnetism uncrumples the Himalayas’ complex collision zone
December 07, 2020![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MIT-Lunar-Dyn-1_0_0-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
3 Questions: Accounting for the ancient moon’s missing magnetism
December 7, 2020![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mars-2020launch-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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