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

Cambridge, MA eaps.mit.edu Joined November 2011

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MIT EAPS @eapsMIT Oct 26

While many star systems remain stable, sometimes a star consumes a planet that gets too close. A new study found a star about 300 light years away steadily pulling material off its companion at a rate that could take hundreds of thousands of years. buff.ly/8STBcEy

news.mit.edu Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away Scientists discovered a star leisurely snacking on a closely orbiting brown dwarf. This is the first observation of a low-mass object slowly and steadily consuming material from another low-mass...

MIT EAPS @eapsMIT Oct 21

Melting ice shelves are a major contributor to sea level rise. A new Science study of 15,000+ cliffs finds they collapse faster than predicted, but then stabilize, reducing the risk of runaway collapse.
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news.mit.edu Satellite data reveal how Antarctica’s ice cliffs behave over time Analyzing over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica over a four-year period, scientists learned how the ice cliffs and the larger ice sheet behind them evolved over time. They found ice cliff collapse...

MIT EAPS @eapsMIT Oct 19

A rare pairing of a low mass white dwarf and a high mass brown dwarf orbiting each other every 2.93 hours can help shed light on how radiation affects atmospheres.
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aasnova.org Astronomers Get a Better Look at a Rare White Dwarf–Brown Dwarf Pair - AAS Nova The white dwarf–brown dwarf pair J0404+1112, one of only about a dozen known systems like it, offers researchers a chance to study a substellar atmosphere blasted with intense radiation.

MIT EAPS @eapsMIT Sep 8

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

news.mit.edu 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...

MIT EAPS @eapsMIT Sep 4

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.
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eaps.mit.edu 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...