Space, astronomy and planetary science

MIT's LINEAR asteroid named for Japan's 'Dr. Rocket'

Dark gamma-ray bursts are more flighty than shy, astronomers find

MIT-led team: dark gamma-ray bursts more flighty than shy

Asteroid of one-kilometer or larger strikes Earth every 600,000 years

MIT researchers reassess asteroid hazards

Mars-gazing

Many gamma-ray bursts go undetected, MIT mathematician estimates

Amateur astronomer locates powerful stellar explosion before the pros

Close encounters of the stellar

Pluto's atmosphere is expanding, researchers say

Einstein's gravitational waves may set speed limit for pulsar spin

Odyssey orbiter watches a frosty Mars

Maria Zuber to assume top spot in EAPS

MIT researchers use earth-based tools to image weather in space

Pluto mission moves ahead

Weekend gamma-ray burst is the closest ever

Gamma-ray burst reveals death of star, birth of something big

Gamma-ray burst reveals death of a star and birth of something big

Milky Way monster stars in cosmic reality show

Scientists catch their first elusive 'dark' gamma-ray burst

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