Space exploration

3Q: Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano on possible hints of dark matterMIT physicist explains how new results from an underground experiment add intrigue to the hunt for dark matter.

New five-planet system contains two that are in the ‘habitable zone’Potentially habitable planets are slightly larger than Earth.

Shedding light on the search for dark matterPhysicists and astronaut discuss cosmic ray detector’s findings of possible signs of dark matter.

NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets.

Mapping the early history of the moonIn 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.

Students take control of satellites on the International Space Station200 high-school students participate in MIT’s annual Zero Robotics competition.

GRAIL reveals a battered lunar historyTwin spacecraft create a highly detailed gravity map of the moon, finding an interior pulverized by early impacts.

MIT-developed ‘microthrusters’ could propel small satellitesAs small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams.