MIT KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE RESEARCH

The MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) (http://space.mit.edu) oers students, faculty, and professional research sta opportunities to participate in a broadly based program of astrophysics and space-related research. For example, research programs are conducted in X-ray, radio, and optical/ infrared astronomy; gravitational physics and space plasma physics; and space engineering. Areas of research include cosmology, exoplanets, the oldest stars, galaxies and intergalactic matter in the early universe, high-energy astrophysics, astrophysics in strong gravitational elds, and theoretical astrophysics, among other topics.