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Sun's Magnetic Engine More Complex Than Previously Thought

How does the Sun’s magnetic field react during solar storms? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists led by the Southwest Research Institute investigated the processes the Sun’s magnetic field undergoes during solar activity ...

Legged Robots Could Search for Life on Mars and Moon Resources

Can autonomous robots help cut space exploration times? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Space Technologies hopes to address as a team of scientists from Switzerland and the Netherlands investigated how semi-autonomous robots could be used to explore the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. This ...

JWST Data Reveals Saturn's Aurora Acts as a "Heat Pump"

How do Saturn’s northern lights drive the planet’s atmospheric winds? This conundrum has baffled scientists for decades, but now a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics might bring some long-sought answers from an international team of researchers investigating ...

Natural "Space Weather Stations" to Study Planet Habitability

How can scientists determine if exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars are habitable? This is what a study recently presented at the 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated how stellar activity from M-dwarf stars could influence planetary habitability ...

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