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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 08/09/2026

Please help us congratulate Haystack research scientist Anthea Coster on her prestigious Appleton Prize, awarded in recognition of her career achievements and outstanding contributions to studies in ionospheric physics! news.mit.edu/2026/anthea-... We're very proud of you, Anthea!

Anthea Coster receiving the 2026 Appleton Prize at a ceremony in Krakow, Poland

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 15/08/2026

Haystack’s Al Weatherwax, representing @MIT and @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social at SCAR 2026! Antarctic science: peak international collaboration and vital polar research 🧊❄️

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 22/06/2026

In @mit.edu News: astronomers map a magnetic “skeleton” funneling gas into a stellar nursery! Haystack's Thushara Pillai is lead author on a SIMPLIFI study at iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... revealing how magnetic fields guide assembly in a star-forming region. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-hay... 🌟

Scientist Thushara Pillai stands outside the SOFIA aircraft

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 31/05/2026

MIT Haystack Observatory’s SIMONe meteor radar network caught something at the same time that a loud boom was heard over eastern Massachusetts. Scientists are already analyzing the data!

Data from Amherst NH, Beverly MA, Clinton MA, Pomfret VT, and Siena NY showing dots of data including one at 2pm 5/30/26

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 21/05/2026

Congratulations to Chester Ruszczyk, recipient of the MIT Infinite Mile Award 2026!

Congratulations Chester Ruszczyk, MIT Infinite Mile Award Recipient 2026

Chester Ruszczyk, holding the MIT Infinite Mile Award

Chester Ruszczyk receiving the MIT Infinite Mile Award in 2026

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 21/05/2026

Congratulations to Heidi Demers, recipient of the MIT Infinite Mile Award 2026!

Congratulations Heidi Demers, MIT Infinite Mile Award Recipient 2026

Heidi Demers, Haystack Observatory: "Heidi is supremely people-focused, and her sharp attention to the small details and needs of each individual is highly tuned and exemplary."

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 18/05/2026

Haystack's John Foster on imaging recent aurora: among the 10% top-viewed authors in Geophysical Research Letters (hello @wiley.com) for 2025! Check out the paper, "Imaging the May 2024 Extreme Aurora With Ionospheric Total Electron Content," at: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #TopViewedArticle

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 17/04/2026

A delightful evening at the MIT Museum w/ our lovely colleagues: Haystack scientist Dhiman Mondal gave a great talk on precise measurement of the Earth's rotation and how we use geodesy to keep accurate time—necessary for GPS to get you where you want to be! mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/mit...

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 16/04/2026

COME WORK WITH US: once again, we're hiring! Haystack Observatory needs technicians and an HVAC mechanic. Is this you? or someone you know? Please see: www.haystack.mit.edu/about/careers/ for details! You won't find a cooler place to work—thanks to our future HVAC mechanic in particular 🧊 😁

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 24/02/2026

STEVE: viral auroral phenomenon, confusing acronym choice! (It's Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) Haystack is one of the organizers of an NSF conference where citizen aurora chasers and geospace scientists collaborate to solve the mysteries of STEVE. youtu.be/b4WlLbJoCSs?...

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The Mysterious Phenomenon Called "Steve" Discovered by Amateur Photographers

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 13/02/2026

Happy World Radio Day! More than just broadcasting: radio science lets us explore the universe beyond optical wavelengths.

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 29/01/2026

Applications to our REU summer undergraduate internship program are due Feb. 1! Come work with us 😁 www.haystack.mit.edu/haystack-pub...

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 19/12/2025

Congratulations to @kazuakiyama.bsky.social and colleagues! Good news for black hole research and for science. We will miss you but are very happy for you and @heriotwattuni.bsky.social!

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 01/12/2025

We use it to help image black holes and keep your GPS and universal time accurate! Very handy #interferometry #ftw

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 01/12/2025

We are now accepting applications for our summer 2026 undergraduate research program! www.haystack.mit.edu/reu Please share with undergraduates interested in working with us! ✨ It's a great way to get experience with hands-on research and learn more—a lot more—about radio science in action.

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 21/11/2025

This year's annual Buonsanto Memorial Lecture is next week! On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 3:00pm ET, Dr. Anthea Coster will present "Above the Clouds, Below the Stars: Chasing Ionospheric Storms." For more information, see www.haystack.mit.edu/buonsanto. Please join us!

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Michael J. Buonsanto Memorial Lecture Series - MIT Haystack Observatory

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 18/11/2025

Check out the new @physicsworld.bsky.social article on Haystack's trail-blazing EDGES experiment and astronomers' quest to detect primordial hydrogen: physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-daw... In it, Sarah Wild interviews Rigel Cappallo, one of the scientists on Haystack's inventive EDGES team!

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Cosmic dawn: the search for the primordial hydrogen signal – Physics World

Sarah Wild talks to astronomers across the world who are on a hunt for a subtle hydrogen signal that could confirm or disprove our ideas on the universe’s evolution

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 03/07/2025

Congratulations to Haystack director Phil Erickson! Phil gave the prestigious CEDAR Distinguished Lecture on June 23 at the recent 2025 NSF joint Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) and Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Workshop. www.haystack.mit.edu/news/erickso...

A man sitting in front of a slide for the Distinguished Lecture at CEDAR/GEM 2025

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 14/05/2025

It's #NEWSDR time again (already)! The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): newsdr.org/workshops/ne... Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year! Register by May 22 to attend: newsdr.org/workshops/ne...

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 11/03/2025

At Boston Common in support of science—America's superpower—already making stuff great! #marchforscience #standupforscience

SCIENCE: Already making stuff great! (sign)

Science is for everyone! except nazis (sign)

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 28/12/2024

In Antarctica right now, a Haystack team is preparing 3 SGIPs (seismo-geodetic ice penetrators) to land on the Ross Ice Shelf and monitor ice melting and movement. The SGIP devices will be dropped by helicopters and embedded into the ice: more at www.haystack.mit.edu/news/team-se... polar #geodesy

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Team sent to Antarctica to measure ice shelf stability - MIT Haystack Observatory

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 17/12/2024

Congratulations to Larisa Goncharenko on her AGU 2024 Union Fellow award, for incredible accomplishments in atmospheric research and contributions to the geospace science community! www.haystack.mit.edu/news/lpg-agu...

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Larisa Goncharenko at the AGU 2024 Union Fellows award ceremony

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 11/12/2024

Hi! We have a geodesy research and technology group and would love to connect with others in this field! 👋

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 11/12/2024

Geospace lead scientist & asst. director (spoiler alert: & also newly elected AGU Fellow—more on this after a special honors award ceremony tonight!) Larisa Goncharenko, speaking at #agu24 on "Separation of Disturbances from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources in the Ionosphere Above Ukraine"!

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 10/12/2024

Hello from the AGU Annual Meeting 2024! Having a great time with our ~27,000 close friends here at #agu24 in Washington, DC! Check out our AGU talks and posters on the MIT Haystack program—and please come say hello if you're here! www.haystack.mit.edu/agu24_haysta... (our #AGU schedule)

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 04/12/2024

Hello undergraduates and faculty: applications for our summer science internships are open! This NSF-funded program provides excellent, paid hands-on research opportunities. Full project list & more: www.haystack.mit.edu/reu Come work w/us at MIT—black holes, polar snow, & more! #radioastronomy

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 24/11/2024

It might be after Thanksgiving that you get an email, too! But let’s make it happen

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 24/11/2024

Yes please. You will receive an email about this! 😁

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 24/11/2024

NICOLLLLE this is great and also very on-brand for us 🤣 Come back for a visit sometime! We will celebrate your triumphant return

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Kazu Akiyama @kazuakiyama.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What would the world around you look like if you were staring at a black hole? To see it, check out ``Black Hole Vision'', an iPhone app simulating a black hole in your iPhone camera! The app has been developed by Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) scientists. #astronomy apps.apple.com/us/app/black...

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‎Black Hole Vision

‎What would the world around you look like if you were staring at a black hole? This application places a black hole in the field of view of your iPhone’s camera and gravitationally

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 18/11/2024

We had a great time hosting the #NSF #SpectrumX workshop, including students and staff from institutions across the country! Spectrum management: more important now than ever. Thank you for a productive visit—looking forward to getting this new technology out in the field with you! #radioastronomy

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 14/11/2024

Hi Tara! We'd love to be included, and also look forward to working together with the community! Thank you for this 😀

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 14/11/2024

Couple of highlights this week: • Shipping out not one but TWO Antarctic projects (ice monitoring, polar aurora), PLUS a scientist (heads-up, #mcmurdo) • Software radio construction w/students and SpectrumX, a #NationalScienceFoundation spectrum management center—essential work today More soon!

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 14/11/2024

Please keep your hands and feet within the ride at all times, along with the rest of you. And hang on to your hats and glasses! 😁

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 12/11/2024

HELLO EVERYONE! This is MIT Haystack Observatory, a radio science research facility and home of the Haystack 37-meter radio telescope. Please follow for radio science updates in #astronomy (black holes & more), plus space weather, geodesy (the science of measuring the Earth), & space technology! 💫

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 12/11/2024

This is the official account of MIT Haystack Observatory, a radio science observatory with a 37-meter radio astronomy telescope, other large astronomy facilities, and a research group of MIT astrophysicists.

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