Fabric samples are headed to the International Space Station for resiliency testing; possible applications include cosmic dust detectors or spacesuit smart skins.
The subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades.
National Science Foundation awards proposal for space weather modeling.
Study suggests the rare objects likely came from an early planetesimal with a magnetic core.
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
Neptune-sized planet may be remnant core of a much larger planet.
New model answers longstanding question of how these sudden flows happen; may expand understanding of Antarctic ice sheets.
Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets.
Solar geoengineering proposals will weaken extratropical storm tracks in both hemispheres, scientists find.
An MIT-developed technique could aid in tracking the ocean’s health and productivity.
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