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π SpaceParker Solar Probe finds order inside the solar wind's chaos
In the turbulent solar wind, magnetic fields flip the way they spin at very small scales, a pattern now seen directly for the first time.
π SpaceThe star that keeps 'exploding' but never dies
X-ray data from NASA's Chandra reveal a hidden partner, a neutron star or a black hole, behind the repeated outbursts of the giant star AT 2016blu.
π SpaceWill asteroid miners crash the price of platinum?
Two MIT researchers simulated what happens to platinum-group metal prices once companies start bringing metal home from asteroids.
π SpaceCould tiny whirlpools on the Sun heat its corona?
A new study argues that millions of small plasma vortices on the Sun's surface carry enough energy to explain why its outer atmosphere is so hot.
π SpaceWebb's 'little red dots' may be baby black holes
New simulations suggest the mysterious red specks spotted with NASA's Webb telescope are young galaxies where the first giant black holes were forming.
π SpaceTwin Mars probes take a shortcut past Earth
NASA's two ESCAPADE spacecraft fired their engines while swinging past Earth and are now heading to Mars, due in September 2027.
Why is Mars red? Sample
The Red Planet is, in a way, covered in rust.