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It’s Getting Hot, Hot, Hot With Coronal Loops
Today’s paper investigates how structures in the solar atmosphere hold clues to the long-debated coronal heating problem.
Seeking the Circumgalactic Medium with Dragonfly
The circumgalactic and intergalactic media may contain the majority of baryonic matter in the universe, but their low density makes them extremely faint. Can an instrument designed to image low surface brightness objects help shed light on these ghostly structures?
For habitability, two stars are not better than one
Nothing is easy when you have two stars instead of one. Under the right circumstances, it can be especially hard to hold on to your atmosphere.
Recent Magma Heating Might Explain Water on Mars
Magma flows hundreds of thousands of years ago might account for the water on Mars, but scientists do not know if Mars could produce magma that recently.
A new, wiggly ruler for measuring the universe
Wiggly rulers don’t seem like good measuring devices, but Velocity-induced Acoustic Oscillations might be an exception.
A Planetary Death Census
Planets are occasionally found swallowed by their dying host stars. Where and how often does this happen?
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