News & Impact

Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star

November 29, 2023

Categories: Faculty, News Bytes, Research, Earth & Space Sciences

Announcing the MIT ARCLab Prize for AI Innovation in Space

November 28, 2023

Categories: Department News, Engagement, Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making, Earth & Space Sciences

Boosting rocket reliability at the material level

November 28, 2023

Categories: Academics, Faculty, Research

Satellite remote sensing for environmental data justice: Perspectives from anti-prison community organizers on the uses of geospatial data

November 27, 2023

Categories: Academics, Graduate Students, Research

MIT’s ARTEMIS Steelworks Team wins Big Picture award at NASA’s 2023 BIG Idea Challenge

November 20, 2023

Categories: Accolades, Department News, Graduate Students, Research, Undergraduate Students, Earth & Space Sciences, Transportation & Exploration

Rewarding excellence in open data

November 16, 2023

Categories: Academics, Accolades, Department News, Graduate Students, Research

Future Leaders in Aerospace prepares the next generation for research careers

November 15, 2023

Categories: Academics, Department News, Engagement, Events, Impact Stories, News Bytes

Professor Emeritus Walter Hollister, an expert in flight instrumentation and guidance, dies at 92

November 13, 2023

Categories: Alumni, Department News, Obituary, Transportation & Exploration, Systems Design & Engineering

MIT engineers are on a failure-finding mission

November 9, 2023

Categories: Academics, Faculty, Graduate Students, Systems Design & Engineering, Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

National Academies selects James Dingley among 2023 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

November 3, 2023

Categories: Accolades, Graduate Students, Video

Forging climate connections across the Institute

November 1, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Graduate Students, Research, Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making, Earth & Space Sciences

Steven Barrett named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

October 31, 2023

Categories: Department News, Faculty

MOXIE named among Time’s Best Inventions of 2023

October 30, 2023

Categories: Press & Media, Earth & Space Sciences, Transportation & Exploration

Long-timescale numerical modeling of streamer discharges

October 26, 2023

Categories: Research, Earth & Space Sciences, Vehicle Design & Engineering

Two-way interactions of plasma and flame in mesoscale conditions