Diffuse puffs of “missing” matter surround most galaxies | MIT News
Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe’s ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled…
Many black holes had past lives, new research shows | MIT News
When a star dies, a black hole is born. This has been the textbook origin story for most…
MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar | MIT News
A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every galaxy, including the Milky Way. When a black…
Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound | MIT News
A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor…