Thanks to a groundbreaking solar-powered desalination system developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, more communities could soon have access to cheap, clean drinking water.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other universities are analyzing tiny particles from a distant asteroid to learn more about how the outer solar system was formed and shaped ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu have shed light on the origins of the outer solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to ...