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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy & Astrophysics Stirring the Sun: Surface Whirlpools May Drive Coronal Heating
Step away from a fire and the air cools. The Sun breaks that rule. Its visible surface sits at about...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Deep Field: The Sharpest LOFAR Radio Image Yet Counts 63,000 Sources
Point a radio telescope at an ordinary corner of the northern sky for long enough and it stops looking empty....
Astronomy & Astrophysics Bare Rock: Hubble Catches a Rocky Exoplanet Glowing at Full Heat
Most of the scorching rocky planets astronomers have studied turn out to be cooler than they ought to be. Something...
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Quick Reads Flat Pack: A Caltech Robot Tests In-Space Assembly of a Truss
Most spacecraft leave the ground fully built and folded into a rocket fairing, and that puts a hard ceiling on...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Deep Field: The Sharpest LOFAR Radio Image Yet Counts 63,000 Sources
Point a radio telescope at an ordinary corner of the northern sky for long enough and it stops looking empty....
Quick Reads Pick a Side: Why Shape Matters for Nuclear Asteroid Deflection
If a large asteroid were found heading for Earth with too little warning to nudge it gently, the last resort...
Quick Reads Powered Swing: ESCAPADE Earth Flyby Sends Twin Probes Towards Mars
Miss a launch window to Mars and the usual penalty is a 26-month wait on the ground. NASA's twin ESCAPADE...
Quick Reads Final Unroll: Space Station Solar Arrays Complete a Five-Year Upgrade
Solar panels age like anything else left out in the sunshine, and the International Space Station's original wings were designed...
Quick Reads Five-Minute Gamble: A Solar Flare Alert Helps Time Rocket Launches
Catching a solar flare with a rocket is like photographing lightning with a camera that takes a minute to switch...