2012 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Dr. Simona Vegetti

"Testing Galaxy Formation Models at the Small Scales," Dr. Simona Vegetti, 2010–13 Pappalardo Fellow (Experimental Astrophysics

Mapping the Moon's Shackleton Crater

Scientists from MIT, Brown University, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and other institutions have mapped the moon's Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, and found possible evidence for small amounts of ice on the crater's floor.

CubeSats: Tiny satellites work at MIT, U. Mich.

A reflection of work at MIT, the University of Michigan and other institutions on small satellites.

The Earth as You've Never Seen it Before: Atmosphere, Airglow and Aurora

This time-lapse video focuses on the atmospheric line and 'airglow', which is a chemiluminescent process by which the atmosphere gives off its own light. Read more about the science behind 'airglow': http://auroranightglow.blogspot.com/ Video by Alex Rivest, PhD. High ...

When Life's a Plastic Beach - Adventures in Geomorphology

Geomorphologist Taylor Perron loves figuring out how landscapes tick. His group is particularly intersted in how patterns emerge in landscapes (from river networks to ripples in sand at the shoreline), how climate, and especially rainfall and sunlight, influence ...

Planets Not Our Own - Knight Science Journalism Program seminar

Knight Science Program seminar with Josh Winn, MIT professor of physics and researcher of "extrasolar planets" September 30, 2010

The Stars as Viewed from the International Space Station

Time-lapse videos depicting the stars from low earth orbit, as viewed from the International Space Station.

The Best View in the Solar System

Earth from the International Space Station, as assembled by NASA's Johnson Space Center and MIT's Alex Rivest.

Mysterious electron acceleration explained

A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of the spacecraft observations.

Profile: EAPS Graduate Student Yodit Tewelde

Yodit Tewelde is a graduate student in the Planetary Science Program in EAPS. Childhood planetarium visits and a love of reading science fiction novels, meant Yodit always suspected space or space exploration was somewhere in a her future. In High School, while she ...

Life in the Universe: Why Mars Matters

Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off

The youngest of the space shuttles blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:56 AM EDT on May 16. It is headed to the International Space Station for its final 16-day mission.

Remembering Ron McNair - 25th Anniversary of Challenger disaster

Twenty-five years ago today, on Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing the seven crew members on board — including Ronald McNair PhD ’77. In this video — filmed in the lobby of the Ronald McNair Building — ...

MIT students send a balloon to near space for $150

Two students sent a camera-dangling balloon to near space and took stunning photography of Earth: all for $150.

Hills and Valleys

Computer model developed by Taylor Perron and colleagues shows how evenly-spaced ridges and valleys form over time as a result of erosion and the slumping of soil.