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  1. MIT’s TESS project awarded $1 million NASA grant

    ... George Ricker, a senior research scientist at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI), would use an array ... Jacqueline Hewitt, professor of physics and director of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research; and Sara Seager, professor ...

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  2. Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89

    ... and is now known as the MIT Space Plasma Group at the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics. During that time, he helped design and ... and astronautical engineering Astrophysics Kavli Institute NASA Obituaries Physics Space ...

    siteadmin - 2013-02-26 18:50

  3. MIT's Man Vehicle Laboratory turns 50

    ... this year. The laboratory — housed within the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) — has had since its ... and electronics Faculty History of MIT Kavli Institute Man Vehicle Laboratory Research Special ...

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  4. Contact Us

    The MIT Kavli Institute (Director: Jacqueline Hewitt) is located in Building 37 of ... locations. For general information about the Kavli Institute, to be added to our colloquium mailing list , or to report ... is primarily located on floors 5 and 6 of the MIT Kavli Institute.  We co-sponsor a weekly MIT Astrophysics Colloquium and an ...

    siteadmin - 2013-04-01 10:06

  5. NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission

    ... — this afternoon. TESS team partners include the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) and MIT Lincoln ... Jackie Hewitt, a professor of physics and director of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. “At MIT, TESS has the ...

    siteadmin - 2013-04-09 09:48

  6. A burst of activity in the middle of the Milky Way

    ... they’re old,” says Joey Neilsen, a postdoc at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. “They’re no young ... 2012 Astrophysics Black holes Kavli Institute NASA X-ray Author:  Jennifer ...

    siteadmin - 2012-11-15 18:10

  7. In a first, astronomers detect strong winds on an exoplanet

    ... A team of astronomers, including a researcher from MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, has become the first to ... Astronomy Astrophysics Exoplanets Kavli Institute Space astronomy and planetary science ...

    siteadmin - 2013-02-26 18:50

  8. Explained: the Doppler effect

    ... Department of Physics. As part of his work at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Winn studies the ... Astrophysics Exoplanets Explained Kavli Institute Physics Space astronomy and planetary ...

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  9. 3Q: Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano on possible hints of dark matter

    ... 22, 2013 dark matter Faculty Kavli Institute Physics Research SPACE EXPLORATION ...

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  10. Explained: Transiting exoplanets

    ... MIT’s Department of Physics and a researcher for the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. “The reason why we know ... Astrophysics Exoplanets Explained Kavli Institute Physics Space astronomy and planetary ...

    siteadmin - 2012-11-01 18:09