Space China launched more rockets into orbit in 2018 than any other country And in the next few years it plans to launch the world’s biggest space telescope, the world’s heaviest rocket, and a space station to rival the ISS. by Joan Johnson-Freese 2018-12-19T07:00:00-05:00
Alumni connection MIT’s Lego Legacy Iconic toy maker supports learning through play. by Julie Barr 2017-12-19T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Teaching Drones How To Crash Safely Drone delivery won’t happen until the unmanned vehicle can master the emergency landing. by Simon Parkin 2017-07-21T00:00:00-04:00
Alumni profile Lindy Elkins-Tanton ’87, SM ’87, PhD ’02 Geophysicist to lead NASA mission to explore metal asteroid. by Alice Waugh 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Inside an Intergalactic Video Game, a Search for Real Alien Worlds Showing that algorithms are often no match for human vision, players of EVE Online will sift through satellite imagery in a vast citizen science hunt for exoplanets. by Simon Parkin 2017-04-17T09:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology Engineering the Perfect Astronaut Some scientists are thinking about what human space travelers will look like in the future. They might be extra-small and radiation-proof. by Antonio Regalado 2017-04-15T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines How NASA’s Exoplanet Modeling Software Simulated Conditions on Earth-Twin Proxima B NASA’s computer model predicts that the exoplanet Proxima b will appear as a pale purple dot when it is imaged for the first time. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2016-09-02T13:17:00-04:00
Smart Cities Crystal Ball for Corn Crop Yields Will Revolutionize Commodity Trading TellusLabs is using NASA imagery, machine learning, and expert knowledge about vegetation to deliver accurate, in-season agricultural yield estimates. by Elizabeth Woyke 2016-08-09T11:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Now They’re Sequencing DNA in Outer Space Eyeing eventual Mars mission, NASA plans first test of genetic diagnostics in space. by Antonio Regalado 2016-06-10T11:16:00-04:00
Connectivity Oculus Rift Is Too Cool to Ignore Now that virtual reality has arrived (again), it’s here to stay—even if it’s not clear exactly how we will end up using it. by Rachel Metz 2016-06-10T00:00:00-04:00
