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Cover of the journal Nature with microscopic view of L chondrite minerals.

EAPS researchers uncover meteorite origins, in Nature

October 17, 2024

Categories: In the Media, Planets, Research

Photo illustration of a spacecraft with large solar panels hovering over a reddish striped moon with planet Jupiter in the background.

Q&A: How the Europa Clipper will set cameras on a distant icy moon

October 15, 2024

Categories: Planets, Research

Ruben Juanes named American Physical Society Fellow

October 10, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Faculty

A four-panel image. The top two panels are diagrams of Uranus – spheres with gridlines going longitudinally and latitudinally. On the top left, the view from Hubble, the southern pole of the planet faces 3 o’clock. On the top right, the view from New Horizons, the southern pole faces 10 o'clock. The bottom left panel is Hubble's actual view of Uranus – the planet is a light blue sphere, with a white circle covering the right half of the planet (the southern pole). The bottom right panel is the actual view of Uranus from New Horizons. The planet appears as a tiny whiteish dot.

New views of Uranus provide new perspective on the search for exoplanets

October 9, 2024

Categories: In the Media, Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Industrial smokestack emitting smoke into a blue sky.

Study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining

October 8, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet

Nicole Xike Nie awarded 2025 Nier Prize

October 2, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Faculty, Planets

Daniel Ortega-Arroyo earns Journal of Structural Geology Student Author of the Year

September 30, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Students + Postdocs

Richard Binzel and Glenn Silva hold a 3D printed plaque depicting Saturn's rings for position on a blank wall.

From the archives: Richard Binzel on corralling the cosmos in the Infinite Corridor

September 25, 2024

Categories: Events + Outreach

Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight

September 25, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

Jared Bryan: bridging the heavens and Earth through seismology

September 17, 2024

Categories: Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Closeup photo of Ronald Prinn at a lectern

3 Questions: The past, present, and future of sustainability science

September 12, 2024

Categories: Faculty

a picture of the star AB Aurigae; it has a spiraling blue center with a red ring surrounding it.

3 Questions: Evidence for planetary formation through gravitational instability

September 4, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

Rogier Braakman with the text

Rogier Braakman awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

August 28, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Life + Environments

Photo shows the rover’s long arm and the rocky brown Martian soil.

Study: Rocks from Mars’ Jezero Crater, which likely predate life on Earth, contain signs of water

August 14, 2024

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

portrait of Noelle Selin

Selin to lead new MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

August 5, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Life + Environments

Earth and its atmosphere from space.

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

August 2, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

Moon dust falls through the hands of an astronaut.

Scientists pin down the origins of the moon’s tenuous atmosphere

August 2, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

Exterior of the two-story glass Building 55 atrium extends from the concrete 21-story Building 54 tower, reflecting the sky and trees.

A bright and airy hub for climate at MIT

August 1, 2024

Categories: Community

Andrew Babbin named a mission director for the Climate Project at MIT

July 24, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty

Photo of the dimly lit interior of a large factory.

China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spiked in past decade

July 18, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research