https://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3myk4zsgwj22nMeteor tracking from Haystack scientists 💥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk4zsgwj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3muzcnurkz22kPlease 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! https://news.mit.edu/2026/anthea-coster-awarded-ursi-appleton-prize-0818 We're very proud of you, Anthea!08 Sep 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzcnurkz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mt47df4i3k2qHaystack’s Al Weatherwax, representing @MIT and @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social at SCAR 2026! Antarctic science: peak international collaboration and vital polar research 🧊❄️15 Aug 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt47df4i3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mov6xqblos2hIn @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 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae6a97 revealing how magnetic fields guide assembly in a star-forming region. https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-haystack-observatory-astronomers-map-magnetic-skeleton-funneling-gas-into-stellar-nursery-0622 🌟22 Jun 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov6xqblos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mn46vyciac2hMIT 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!30 May 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn46vyciac2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mmf53j5iac2nCongratulations to Chester Ruszczyk, recipient of the MIT Infinite Mile Award 2026!21 May 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf53j5iac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mmf4wna6z22nCongratulations to Heidi Demers, recipient of the MIT Infinite Mile Award 2026!21 May 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf4wna6z22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mm54onbkek27Haystack'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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111981 #TopViewedArticle18 May 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm54onbkek27https://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mjovrypcnc25A 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! https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/mit-museum-after-dark17 Apr 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjovrypcnc25https://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mjmtfnxxvc2mCOME 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 🧊 😁16 Apr 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmtfnxxvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mfmdfpcz4s2hSTEVE: 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. https://youtu.be/b4WlLbJoCSs?si=iSd_VWL3T2Aq7k_H24 Feb 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmdfpcz4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3meqtykmqh22tHappy World Radio Day! More than just broadcasting: radio science lets us explore the universe beyond optical wavelengths.13 Feb 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqtykmqh22thttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mdle74msak2hApplications to our REU summer undergraduate internship program are due Feb. 1! Come work with us 😁 https://www.haystack.mit.edu/haystack-public-outreach/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-reu/29 Jan 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdle74msak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mcugyuvlok2dThank you, Dr. West! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcugyuvlok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3mae2hrkjlc24Congratulations 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae2hrkjlc24https://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3m6x33f7gwc2cWe use it to help image black holes and keep your GPS and universal time accurate! Very handy #interferometry #ftw [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x33f7gwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3m6wnkxg4ic2yWe 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.01 Dec 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wnkxg4ic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3m65rahwcik2zThis 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! https://www.haystack.mit.edu/buonsanto21 Nov 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65rahwcik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3m5wauv6mks2bCheck out the new @physicsworld.bsky.social article on Haystack's trail-blazing EDGES experiment and astronomers' quest to detect primordial hydrogen: https://physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-dawn-the-search-for-the-primordial-hydrogen-signal/ In it, Sarah Wild interviews Rigel Cappallo, one of the scientists on Haystack's inventive EDGES team!18 Nov 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wauv6mks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lt3gfv65622kCongratulations 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. https://www.haystack.mit.edu/news/erickson-cedar-prize/03 Jul 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3gfv65622khttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lp5kiy4u722kIt's #NEWSDR time again (already)! The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): https://newsdr.org/workshops/newsdr-2025/ Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year! Register by May 22 to attend: https://newsdr.org/workshops/newsdr-2025/14 May 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5kiy4u722khttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lk4l4rsuwc2bAt Boston Common in support of science—America's superpower—already making stuff great! #marchforscience #standupforscience11 Mar 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4l4rsuwc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lef2ylhnbc2aIn 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 https://www.haystack.mit.edu/news/team-sent-to-antarctica-to-measure-ice-shelf-stability/ polar #geodesy28 Dec 2024 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lef2ylhnbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3ldjgcvvcwc2uCongratulations to Larisa Goncharenko on her AGU 2024 Union Fellow award, for incredible accomplishments in atmospheric research and contributions to the geospace science community! https://www.haystack.mit.edu/news/lpg-agufellow/17 Dec 2024 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjgcvvcwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3ld22arvmbk2zGeospace 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"!11 Dec 2024 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld22arvmbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lcxnn36mgs2iHello 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! https://www.haystack.mit.edu/agu24_haystack_program/ (our #AGU schedule)10 Dec 2024 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxnn36mgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lcij52yvkk2kHello 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! #radioastronomy04 Dec 2024 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcij52yvkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lbambrsxfc2yWe 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! #radioastronomy18 Nov 2024 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbambrsxfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/haystack.mit.edu/post/3lawmsniquk2rCouple 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!14 Nov 2024 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:5o7gvhivmsdoj6vzksofdels/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawmsniquk2r