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At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts ...

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We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

NASA has selected L3Harrist o develop advanced optics and mirror systems for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

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