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Two MIT Kavli Institute IAP 2013 activities on the "Life Cycle of Stars" were selected to be video-recorded as part of an ongoing MIT Libraries and AMPS video project sponsored by Neil Pappalardo. See "The High Energy Lifestyle of Young Stars" by Dr. Norbert Schulz (MIT Kavli Institute); "Dissecting the X-rays from Supernova Remnants" by Dr. Laura Lopez (Pappalardo Fellow, Einstein Fellow, MIT Kavli Institute). Note: MIT retains copyright to these videos.
Sara Seager received her B.Sc. in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto in 1994. She earned a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University in...
Researchers at The Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research explore extreme and unusual phenomena found beyond the Earth including extrasolar planets, black holes, neutron stars, and distant galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
Micro-X is an X-ray space telescope payload being developed for NASA's sounding rocket program. We will fly the first TES in space and take a high resolution spectrum of the Puppis-A supernova remnant. A detailed description of the Micro-X mission, along with the Micro-X science and hardware, can be found on the Micro-X project website.
Our experimental cosmology and astrophysics laboratory is part of the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and the MIT physics department. Our inter-disciplinary work takes us into the fields of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, solid-state and low-temperature physics, and engineering of space flight hardware and large cryogenic systems.
We are currently developing cryogenic particle and photon detectors for dark matter searches and X-ray astrophysics applications. Our goal is to conceive, develop, and carry out cutting-edge experiments to gain insights into the nature of our universe.
A nearby star is pummeling a companion planet with a barrage of X-rays a hundred thousand times more than the Earth receives from the Sun. Credit: NASA/CXC/NSF/IPAC/2MASS (see the 
