Geologists raise the speed limit for how fast continental crust can form October 5, 2020 Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research
Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought October 1, 2020 Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs
3 Questions: Susan Solomon on plugging holes in ozone-layer and climate policies September 30, 2020 Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research
Studies investigate marine heatwaves, shifting ocean currents September 22, 2020 Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs
OSIRIS-REx finds asteroid Bennu with pieces of Vesta September 21, 2020 Categories: Planets, Research
Astronomers discover an Earth-sized “pi planet” with a 3.14-day orbit September 21, 2020 Categories: Planets, Research
Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs? September 15, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Research
Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus September 14, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research
Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs August 27, 2020 Categories: Health of the Planet, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research
“Lava lamp” microbes in the clouds of Venus August 25, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research
An MIT Send-off for Mars 2020 August 12, 2020 Categories: Community, Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs
Lava oceans may not explain the brightness of some hot super-Earths August 4, 2020 Categories: Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs
Mars 2020 Perserverance has launched: The search for ancient life is on July 30, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research
Study sheds light on the evolution of the earliest dinosaurs July 29, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Research
With Perseverance and a little MOXIE, MIT is going to Mars July 29, 2020 Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research
Study: A plunge in incoming sunlight may have triggered “Snowball Earths” July 29, 2020 Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research
Highlighting women in geobiology at MIT: Lily Momper, PhD July 17, 2020 Categories: Alumni, Life + Environments, Research