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Nebraska native explores galaxies far, far away
Megan Donahue ’85
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MIT Alumni News: Profile
Megan Donahue ’85
October 20, 2026
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Growing up on a small farm in Nebraska, Megan Donahue ’85 discovered the wider world by reading her way through her local library. Today, she is learning how the wider universe works by studying galaxy clusters.
Donahue discovered her passion for physics in that library at age 12 and started her path into astronomy thanks to “a providential interaction.” Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, she…
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