Metasurface grating gives solar telescopes a boost
New optical device could fly on future space missions that study solar magnetic fields and space weather
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Powerful cosmic winds may have destroyed galaxies in the early universe
Astronomers discover a huge plume of gas streaming out of a galaxy during rapid star formation
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Soot from rocket launches is polluting Earth’s upper atmosphere
Problem set to worsen as launch numbers increase, say UCL researchers
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Asymmetric weather pattern reveals exoplanet’s true atmosphere
New observations by the JWST provide a much clearer understanding of clouds on a distant world
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Building a better laser on the Moon
Ultrastable devices could be housed in dark lunar craters
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2D materials help spacecraft electronics resist radiation damage
Transistors based on atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides appear particularly robust
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Samples from the far side of the Moon shed light on lunar asymmetry
Unusual isotopic ratio in samples brought back by Chang'e-6 reveals clues about the early history of Earth's satellite
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Astronomers observe a coronal mass ejection from a distant star
Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for the search for extraterrestrial life
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Astronauts could soon benefit from dissolvable eye insert
A solution to microgravity-related vision problems is the topic of this week's podcast
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Earth-shaking waves from Greenland mega-tsunamis imaged for the first time
New analysis of satellite altimetry data reveals that trapped waves called seiches were responsible for anomalous seismic signals in 2023
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