When the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917, federal authorities immediately realized that ship, vehicle and arms manufacturing would be at the heart of the war effort. To meet demand, ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

A star in a faraway galaxy is sending itself into a spiral of doom, repeatedly plunging through a disk of hot gas surrounding ...

MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted its first student in 1865. MIT has five schools and one college. Currently MIT has expanded from its original charter in physical sciences and ...

Astronomers are unraveling the mystery behind Ansky, a black hole system emitting powerful, repeating X-ray bursts called ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology partnered with the Pentagon to open the Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington in the 1950s, helping turn Route 128 into “America’s Technology Highway.” ...

Seniors Katelin Zhao and Sahil Salihnur say they'll both attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology starting this fall. House conservatives call for controversial Medicaid changes in reconci ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...