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First light from a super-Earth spotted

May 8, 2012

Detection reveals a searing planet.
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X-ray monitoring mission comes to an end

March 13, 2012

The RXTE satellite retires after 16 years.
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A model burster

March 2, 2012

Researchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted.
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MIT’s TESS project awarded $1 million NASA grant

October 4, 2011
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Explained: Transiting exoplanets

January 27, 2011

How astronomers learn whether a planet is habitable by observing slight changes in light emanating from its parent star.
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Learning from hot Jupiters

December 15, 2010

By studying how massive planets may have formed, MIT astrophysicist sets the stage for studying smaller, more Earthlike planets.
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Building a list of Earth candidates

December 14, 2010

MIT researchers increase their odds of detecting an Earthlike planet by working on a combination of satellite missions.
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Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89

September 17, 2010

An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.
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Explained: the Doppler effect

August 3, 2010

The same phenomenon behind changes in the pitch of a moving ambulance’s siren is helping astronomers locate and study distant planets.
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In a first, astronomers detect strong winds on an exoplanet

June 24, 2010

Researchers see tempestuous atmosphere on a planet located 150 light years from Earth.