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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...
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July 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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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May 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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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) Science is America's superpower! (sign)
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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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
Team sent to Antarctica to measure ice shelf stability - MIT Haystack Observatory
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December 28, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Congratulations to Larisa Goncharenko on her AGU 2024 Union Fellow award, for incredible accomplishments in atmospheric research and contributions to the geospace science community!

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December 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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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"!
Larisa Goncharenko speaking at AGU24
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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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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December 10, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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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
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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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.
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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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November 20, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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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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November 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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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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November 14, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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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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November 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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November 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM