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Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star
The first worlds beyond our solar system were discovered three decades ago. Since then, close to 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in our galaxy. Astronomers have detected another 5,000 planetary...
Astronomer Richard Binzel retires from MIT after 33 years
Binzel’s research developed key insights into the solar system and played a role in multiple NASA missions. Richard Binzel space head shot. Photo Credit: L. Barry Hetherington MIT’s Department of...
Space y Chile: communicating planetary science
While working as a postdoctoral associate at MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (EAPS), Michael Marsset had many interesting conversations with his fellow scientists about the universe; Marsset...
Mission Mojave: IAP 2022 geophysics fieldwork
Over the January Independent Activities Period, 16 students joined EAPS faculty and an MIT Libraries GIS specialist to travel across the country to California’s Piute Mountains in the Mojave desert....
MIT Climate Grand Challenges: Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Prediction
When we think of climate change, one of the most dramatic images that comes to mind is the loss of glacial ice. As the Earth warms, these enormous rivers of...
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion
The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating “Black Summer”...
Tim Cronin promoted to Associate Professor
The Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Tim Cronin to Associate Professor Without Tenure effective July 1, 2022. A climate scientist, Cronin’s research focuses on convection,...
Andrew Babbin named NSF CAREER recipient
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Professor Andrew Babbin as a recipient of their prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)...
Study: Ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously thought
The rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously calculated, according to a new study by MIT researchers that upends a decades-old equation used to describe...
David McGee named a 2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellow
The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar’s Office have announced the 2022 Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellows, including EAPS professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences W. David McGee....