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Official account of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (#EAPS) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#MIT).

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The Isotope Lab @eapsMIT is a participant in the Anadarko Basin coring project (#DeepDust), supported by @icdpDrilling and @NSF. Coring began on August 16 and exceeded 1 mile as of last weekend. @J_Ramez is on site right now as part of the science team. icdp-online.org/projects/by-…
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MIT researchers, including several affiliated with CS3, are advancing tools to help evaluate a location’s vulnerabilities to flooding, cyclones, humid heat waves, or other #climate-related events. #ExtremeWeather #Resilience tinyurl.com/bdea2566
The “New World of Weather” project, one of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges announced in 2022, is “advancing the science, technologies, and practical strategies needed to help communities anticipate [extreme weather] and build greater resilience,” says MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang. Credits: Image: iStock

ALT The “New World of Weather” project, one of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges announced in 2022, is “advancing the science, technologies, and practical strategies needed to help communities anticipate [extreme weather] and build greater resilience,” says MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang. Credits: Image: iStock
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MIT Spectrum@MIT_Spectrum
Sep 18
From studying distant planets at @eapsMIT to tracking crops on Earth: Sheila Baber ’21 uses satellite data through @HarvestProgram to support global food security. 🛰️🌾 bit.ly/4yOmO9W
Sheila Baber '21 says, 'I like to say that I started my career looking upwards at the night sky, only to turn 180 degrees to look downward towrd the earth.'

ALT Sheila Baber '21 says, 'I like to say that I started my career looking upwards at the night sky, only to turn 180 degrees to look downward towrd the earth.'
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The atmosphere is telling us what is happening. For decades, scientists have predicted that human actions would warm the lower atmosphere while cooling the layer above it. Fast-forward, satellites are now seeing the exact pattern. 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2025AV002196
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@eapsMIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon joins Cleo Abram’s “HUGE* If True” to discuss her 1985 research uncovering how chlorofluorocarbons were depleting the ozone layer, which led to the Montreal Protocol that banned the use of those chemicals. piped.video/watch?v=yWgHx0HE…

Something’s Happening to the Ozone Hole

This is ANTARCTICA. And in 1985, it became the center of a global c...

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What better way to understand climate risks than through a game? With the help of a J-WAFS grant, EAPS PRS Sai Ravela has created a game that helps communities discover ways to improve their collective agricultural resilience. buff.ly/Kt112Iv

Playing against climate risk

MIT researchers are helping small coastal communities in India prepare for natural disasters using climate model-based games. The project is led by Sai Ravela, a J-WAFS researcher and principal...

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Congrats to EAPS Professor Richard Teague on being named an NSF CAREER recipient! His research is focused on developing new methods to detect planetary formation across our universe. buff.ly/VRvK3dl

Richard Teague named 2026 NSF CAREER recipient

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (EAPS) Professor Richard Teague as a recipient of their prestigious Faculty Early Career...

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A scientific career can span many disciplines, from fiuid dynamics to paleoclimate to exoplanet habitability - just ask EAPS Professor of Practice Raymond Pierrehumbert. buff.ly/rLxlrld

Q&A with Professor of the Practice Raymond Pierrehumbert: The geology of planetary atmospheres

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) welcomed Raymond Pierrehumbert PhD ’80 as a Professor of the Practice on January 16. Pierrehumbert is the first Professor of the […]

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New research has found that peptides - short strings of amino acids - remain stable in extremely acidic environments such as the clouds of Venus. This opens up the types of planets that could host life. buff.ly/z450j3h

Study: Peptides can form well-defined structures in harsh, Venus-like conditions

MIT researchers found that in extremely acidic conditions, such as those in Venus’ clouds, short peptides can remain stable and fold into shapes that may allow them to have biological functions.

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By looking at ancient mineral grains in a meteorite sample collected in Antarctica, EAPS Professor Ben Weiss and alumni Cauê Borlina estimate that magnetism likely playing a significant role in the formation of the our solar system, including the sun. buff.ly/S8Fh4Fy

Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun

It’s assumed that the early solar system was shaped mainly through gravity, but a new study suggests magnetism also played a role. MIT scientists discovered remnants of ancient magnetism in the...

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NASA's Pandora mission has started scientific observations! The satellite will observe exoplanet transits, helping refine our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres and how they interact with light as we search for habitable planets in our universe. buff.ly/Zqs57Xn

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars - NASA Science

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique

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On August 12th, 2026, the Moon totally eclipsed the Sun and cast its shadow across Siberia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal. Today’s image features two total solar eclipses viewed from Zaragoza, Spain, one over the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar and the other reflecting in the Ebro River. For a few moments, Spain saw its first major total solar eclipse since 1905. Those witnessing totality may experience a chill in the air, the quieting of birds, the confused chirps of insects, and the shared awe of many. It’s the corona’s time to shine as the Sun’s bright disk is blocked by the Moon. Among other reasons to study eclipses, they help scientists understand why the corona is millions of degrees hotter than the Sun’s surface. Enthusiastic citizens can contribute to these studies by recording how wildlife responds, imaging the corona, and monitoring air temperature and clouds. Image Credit & Copyright: Ruiyu Zhang Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
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Earth is ready for a solar eclipse on Aug. 12th (stream it live at nasa.gov/live). Other planets have eclipses, too! This view came from our Juno spacecraft at Jupiter in 2019. If you looked up from within this shadow cast by the moon Io you'd see a total solar eclipse.
The curving horizon of Jupiter amid the darkness of space. Jupiter's atmosphere is crossed by colorful bands of swirling clouds. Near the center of the image is a large circular black spot with fuzzy edges. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill (CC BY 3.0)

ALT The curving horizon of Jupiter amid the darkness of space. Jupiter's atmosphere is crossed by colorful bands of swirling clouds. Near the center of the image is a large circular black spot with fuzzy edges. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill (CC BY 3.0)

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NASA Mars
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Aug 11
On Earth, solar eclipses happen when the Moon passes in front of the Sun as seen from the ground. On Mars, sometimes one of its moons does the same thing…but they’re too small to fully cover the Sun’s disc. Perseverance captured this look at Phobos transiting the Sun in 2024.
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Aug 12
A solar eclipse will be visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere today! A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun. Those in the path of totality will see something like the left photo; others may see a partial solar eclipse like the right photo.
Photo of a total solar eclipse in Texas on April 8, 2024. Against a black background, the total solar eclipse. It is a black circle surrounded by white, wispy streams of light that flow away from the black circle in every direction. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

ALT Photo of a total solar eclipse in Texas on April 8, 2024. Against a black background, the total solar eclipse. It is a black circle surrounded by white, wispy streams of light that flow away from the black circle in every direction. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Photo of a partial solar eclipse behind the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2021. A reddish sky is shown with the bright circle of the Sun, a dark bite taken out of it. The dark circle covering about a third of the Sun's left side is the Moon, during a solar eclipse. In the foreground is the silhouette of the U.S. Capitol. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls

ALT Photo of a partial solar eclipse behind the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2021. A reddish sky is shown with the bright circle of the Sun, a dark bite taken out of it. The dark circle covering about a third of the Sun's left side is the Moon, during a solar eclipse. In the foreground is the silhouette of the U.S. Capitol. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls

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European Space Agency
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Aug 12
Eclipse day! ☀️ Today's total solar eclipse is visible from Greenland, Iceland, northeastern Portugal and Spain. Most of the rest of Europe, northern North America and western Africa will witness a partial solar eclipse. More info: esa.int/Science_Exploration/… #EuropeanSolarEclipse
Map of Earth shown as a globe, with the focus on its northern hemisphere. A red, C-shaped arc marked 'total eclipse' reaches from northeast Russia, past the North Pole, Greenland, Iceland and the Iberian Peninsula. An orange oval surrounds this arc, marked 'partial eclipse', covering most of Europe, Canada and parts of the USA, the western edge of Africa and the northeastern corner of Russia.

ALT Map of Earth shown as a globe, with the focus on its northern hemisphere. A red, C-shaped arc marked 'total eclipse' reaches from northeast Russia, past the North Pole, Greenland, Iceland and the Iberian Peninsula. An orange oval surrounds this arc, marked 'partial eclipse', covering most of Europe, Canada and parts of the USA, the western edge of Africa and the northeastern corner of Russia.

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NASA
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Aug 11
Tomorrow, a total solar eclipse is passing over part of the Northern Hemisphere, and you can watch it with us! We'll be broadcasting live views of the eclipse beginning at 1:15pm ET (1715 UTC) on Aug. 12. Check out ways to tune in: nasa.gov/live/
A group of four people on the roof of the NASA Headquarters building watching a total solar eclipse. They are wearing eclipse glasses and looking up to the top left corner of the photo. Credit: NASA/Connie Moore

ALT A group of four people on the roof of the NASA Headquarters building watching a total solar eclipse. They are wearing eclipse glasses and looking up to the top left corner of the photo. Credit: NASA/Connie Moore

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On Aug. 12, you have the chance to experience a total solar eclipse from anywhere in the world. Starting at 1:15pm ET (1715 UTC), we'll stream live as the Moon passes in front of the Sun, bringing the views and the science straight to you. Get safe viewing tips in this video.
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New system upgrades means that MIT's Haystack Observatory can now become a critical piece of instrumentation for MIT's Planetary Defense Project, measuring space objects that could pose a hazard to Earth. buff.ly/KWUm8Jb

The Haystack 37m Telescope: A new era of astrophysical research

The Haystack 37m Telescope recently returned to its scientific and educational mission after a long-term upgrade at MIT Haystack Observatory.

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Congrats to recent MIT-WHOI graduate Liam Moser on his Fulbright award! On top of his research on subduction zones, Liam helped found the annual MIT-WHOI Geophysics Retreat and taught incoming graduate students in the MIT-WHOI Summer Math Review. buff.ly/ZsWF9Ui

Eleven from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards

Nine MIT students and alumni have been awarded 2026-27 grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. This year, half of MIT's Fulbright applicants were award recipients.

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