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An aerial view of Mauna Loa showing the volcano in pinks, yellows and purples.

New seismic imaging technique gives fresh look at Earth’s mantle

June 21, 2023

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research, Students + Postdocs

Greg Fournier, Fatima Husain, and Mick Follows stand together in front of a poster session.

Fatima Husain named 2023 Graduate Woman of Excellence

June 7, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Commencement 2023 – Meet the EAPS Senior Class

June 5, 2023

Categories: Community, Students + Postdocs

Illustration has a black, rocky background, a large river forks off. A large greenfin darter is overlayed on the large river. The 3 forks each have smaller greenfin darters, each with a unique colorful glow.

River erosion can shape fish evolution, study suggests

May 25, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

MIT team wins weather forecasting competition second year in a row

May 18, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Students + Postdocs

Becca Mastrola sits on a rock formation and smiles at the camera.

Unlocking Age-Old Secrets Set in Stone

May 2, 2023

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Several MIT students sitting at a narrow table collaborate in a classroom. Two have open laptops and there are snacks on the table.

Exploring new sides of climate and sustainability research

April 21, 2023

Categories: Students + Postdocs

Outstanding at AGU 2022

April 10, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Q&A: Documenting life aboard a research vessel

March 22, 2023

Categories: Students + Postdocs

Aviva Intveld, leaning against a wall and smiling.

Aviva Intveld named 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholar

March 3, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Students + Postdocs

A bright bluish light, which is debris, shoots across the black background, with light trailing behind it.

3Q: What we learned from the asteroid-smashing DART mission

March 2, 2023

Categories: Alumni, Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Instagram users see Women Doing Science

February 8, 2023

Categories: Research, Students + Postdocs

Student Spotlight: Ciara Willis on balancing ocean research and fieldwork

February 1, 2023

Categories: Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

5 vertical photos show granular objects: marbles, glass beads, seaglass, rocks, and plastic beads.

Moving water and earth

January 11, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research, Students + Postdocs

Aviva Intveld, smiling and leaning on a railing overlooking the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the background.

Looking to the past to prepare for an uncertain future

January 11, 2023

Categories: Community, Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Q&A: Zhendong Zhang, SEG Geophysics Reviewer of the Year, on getting into the peer review process

December 19, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Earth in black space, with constellations and data wave.

Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds

November 16, 2022

Categories: Climate, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

Skylar Larsen sits indoors, arm on railing, with windows and a wire wall in background.

Expanding horizons through astronomy and art

November 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

3-D modeled illustration depicts the DART mission, and shows a boxy spacecraft with blue jets and solar panel wings approaching a bulky meteor.

Method for decoding asteroid interiors could help aim asteroid-deflecting missions

October 19, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Research in India: Kaitlyn Przydzial Summer ’22

September 6, 2022

Categories: Students + Postdocs