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The MIT Kavli Institute paves the way for new developments in space- & ground-based astrophysics. Our faculty, research staff, and students develop technology & instrumentation with a focus on an engineering and technical core.

We are comprised of the MIT Department of Physics, MIT School of Engineering, & MIT EAPS (Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences).
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Plasma heating inside interplanetary coronal mass ejections by Alfvenic fluctuations dissipation

Li, H., C. Wang, J. He, L. Zhang, J.D. Richardson, J.W. Belcher, C. Tu.

November, 2016

Voyager observations of magnetic sectors and heliospheric current sheet crossings in the outer heliosphere

Richardson, J.D., L.F. Burlaga, J.F. Drake, M.E. Hill, M. Opher

November, 2016
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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.

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TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch

August 4, 2017

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3Q: Scott Hughes on cosmic distances and the future of gravitational wave astronomyProfessor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the...
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