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Lyle Nelson named Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor

February 17, 2026

...been uplifted into mountain belts, exposing the early history of surface environments from over 500 million years ago. From these records, he can look at the physical properties, chemical compositions...

Astronomers discover an Earth-sized “pi planet” with a 3.14-day orbit

September 21, 2020

...every 3.14 days. “The planet moves like clockwork,” says Prajwal Niraula, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), who is the lead author of...

The BBVA Foundation Awards Kerry Emanuel the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change

January 8, 2020

...climate changes,” cites the foundation’s conferring committee. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, after completing degrees at MIT and later joining the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) faculty,...

[DLS] Chuanfei Dong (BU)

...the entire EAPS community, given by leading thinkers in the areas of geology, geophysics, geobiology, geochemistry, atmospheric science, oceanography, climatology, and planetary science. Runs concurrently with class 12.S501. Contact: eapsinfo@mit.edu...

Doctoral Thesis Defense – Lily H. Sanborn (MIT-WHOI)

...USGS   Copies of the thesis may be obtained from the EAPS Education Office (contact eaps-ed-office@mit.edu or visit Room 54-912). All interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend....

Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?

September 15, 2020

...“But then she discovered other classes of compounds that were totally unexpected.” An unambiguous sign Within the sediments she brought back, Sistiaga came across lipids that looked completely different from...

Amanda Bosh wins 2020 Teaching with Digital Technology Award

July 31, 2020

Congratulations to EAPS Senior Lecturer, astronomer and planetary scientist Amanda Bosh, who was one of 30 faculty to receive a 2020 Teaching with Digital Technology Award, co-sponsored by MIT Open...

Camilla Cattania named 2024 NSF CAREER recipient

May 3, 2024

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (EAPS) Professor Camilla Cattania as a recipient of their prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program. The CAREER award,...

[DLS] Kate Huntington (UW)

EAPS Department Lecture Series Weekly talks aimed to bring together the entire EAPS community, given by leading thinkers in the areas of geology, geophysics, geobiology, geochemistry, atmospheric science, oceanography, climatology,...

Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus

September 14, 2020

...in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). “Now, astronomers will think of all the ways to justify phosphine without life, and I welcome that. Please do, because...