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 
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MIT News OfficeSeptember 17, 2010An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. -
MIT News OfficeAugust 3, 2010The 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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