Evidence indicates phosphine, a gas associated with living organisms, is present in the habitable region of Venus’ atmosphere. CAMBRIDGE, Mass (MITNews office)-- The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor.…
Departure of Japanese Cargo Ship from ISS after…
Eleven years after the launch of the first H-II Transfer cargo vehicle (HTV) to the International Space Station(ISS), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) HTV-9 will depart the orbital laboratory on August 18, 2020. According to…
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s…
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona about 100 million light…
Campfires’ on the Sun
The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of our closest star. Solar Orbiter’s first view of the…
Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with…
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy,…