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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

3 cartoony green microbes ride a raft made of shell on a blue ocean. One microbe has a telescope to look ahead. A sign in the water says they are heading towards to the “Ocean.”

Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles

May 11, 2023

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research

3 Questions: New Faculty Interview with Gaia Stucky de Quay

May 3, 2023

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

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.

A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!

April 20, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

Aerial view shows a nuclear power plant, surrounded by lush green areas and water, with mountains in distance.

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

April 10, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

A map shows a large red splotch with blurry yellow border, the ozone hole, on top of the South Pole, on decorative background.

Study: Smoke particles from wildfires can erode the ozone layer

March 8, 2023

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

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 02, 2023

Categories: Alumni, Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Photo of a row of smokestacks. Two are belching smoke into a cloudy blue sky.

Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

February 23, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

To move or not to move?

February 22, 2023

Categories: Life + Environments, Research

Featured video: Investigating our blue ocean planet

February 15, 2023

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research

Instagram users see Women Doing Science

February 8, 2023

Categories: Research, 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

Wind turbines on the top of a hill.

A healthy wind

December 2, 2022

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

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

Remote work: MIT’s next-gen planet-hunting telescope scans the night sky alone

November 8, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research

In the dark ocean, a cartoon illustration shows a green oval microbe Prochlorococcus eating a dead purple microbe that looks like a Cheeto. A few other microbes appear in background.

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

November 3, 2022

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

Photo of pedestrians at a tree-lined intersection, all seen through a polluted haze in Anyang City, China

Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health

October 26, 2022

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

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

Purple and teal video still details the eddies, mapped using contour lines and color, of the North Pacific Ocean, around a tiny Hawaii, in black.

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

October 3, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

A hi-resolution image shows a titled beige Saturn and its rings on a black background

Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon

September 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research