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MIT research is moon-boundNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making its way to the moon following a flawless liftoff on June 18 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket. June 19, 2009 Planet found in tilted orbit around distant starAn international team of researchers, led by MIT physicist Joshua Winn, has found a planet around another star whose orbit is steeply tilted from the plane of the star's equator, a finding that contradicts some theories about how solar systems form. June 17, 2009 In space, past is prologueThis week's Giant Leaps celebration at MIT honored those who made the Apollo Program a success and applied the lessons of their experience to the greatest challenges and opportunities of our future. June 12, 2009 Stars take 'wild rides' around, outside the Milky WayAstronomers announced today that stars of a recently discovered type, dubbed ultracool subdwarfs, take some pretty wild rides as they orbit around the Milky Way, following paths that are very different from those of typical stars. June 9, 2009 MIT team solves longstanding volcanic mysteryFor decades, geologists have been puzzled by the differences among arc volcanoes and how they form. Now, thanks to fieldwork, experiments and computer modeling an MIT team has solved the mystery. June 5, 2009 To the moon, by way of MITMIT is hosting a celebration June 10-12 to honor those who made the Apollo Program a success, and to apply the lessons of their experience to the greatest challenges and opportunities of our future. June 3, 2009 Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences awardsAwards given in MIT Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences for the academic year 2008-2009. June 3, 2009 The 'Atiras'The first asteroid ever discovered that has an orbit completely inside the Earth's, found by an MIT Lincoln Laboratory telescope in 2003, has been formally named Atira by its discoverers. May 12, 2009 |
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