Author: Ms. R.

The Milky Way is believed to contain billions of planets beyond our solar system. These distant worlds, known as exoplanets, offer astronomers an opportunity to explore other planetary systems, identify potentially habitable environments, and perhaps eventually discover evidence of life elsewhere in the universe. Finding these planets is one challenge. Actually seeing them is another. Most exoplanets orbit stars that shine so brightly that the planets become nearly impossible to distinguish from the surrounding glare. Even the most advanced……

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The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes seven new faculty members in core computing and shared positions to the MIT community in 2026. They’re inventing and using artificial intelligence and computing technologies in new ways to transform areas such as environmental science, quantum computing, human-AI interaction, and macroeconomics and finance. “It’s a pleasure to welcome these outstanding faculty members to MIT, whose innovative research is leading advances in AI and computing and its impact on society,” says Dan Huttenlocher,……

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The MIT School of Engineering welcomes new faculty members across six of its academic units in 2026. This new cohort of faculty members, who have recently started their roles at MIT, conduct research across a diverse range of disciplines. “I’m pleased to welcome these talented colleagues to our engineering faculty,” says Paula T. Hammond, dean of engineering and an Institute Professor. “They bring fresh perspectives that will open new directions for research and create opportunities for our students to……

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Should Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang be exonerated of any wrongdoing after his affair with an alleged spy? Maybe now that he has a morally upstanding character witness like president Donald Trump on his side. During a presser Monday night, Trump defended Huang as an “honorable guy” after revealing that Huang had personally told him that he didn’t know that the Chinese businesswoman……

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A senior studying mechanical engineering and finance, Dominic Hess is an Academic All-American with a packed study schedule. But he and his teammates still make room for about 20 hours a week of football during the regular season. (“It’s a little less in the spring,” he notes.) All this time practicing, working out, and playing in games, he says, doesn’t take away from his academic experience at MIT — it amplifies and improves it. In this interview, Hess discusses……

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