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radar & radio
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New Directions in Mapping Ice Sheet Fabrics and Flow
Polarimetric radar advances enable scientists to measure orientations of crystals, bubbles, and other properties that affect the flow of glaciers and ice sheets—and their contributions to sea level.
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Interstellar Comet Was Born in a Very Cold Place
3I/ATLAS’s chemistry suggests that it formed in a much colder environment than our solar system did.
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Weather Radar Data Reveal the Dynamics of Rapidly Spreading Wildfires
New research demonstrates the use of operational weather radar measurements to track long-range ember fallout and rapid spread of intense wildfires.
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Revolutionizing Interference Detection to Protect the Silence of the Cosmos
TranQuiL is a groundbreaking system that revolutionizes Radio Quiet Zone enforcement by enabling long-range detection and precise localization of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference with unparalleled accuracy.
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Solar Flare Spotlights the Martian Ionosphere
A “lucky” linkup between orbiters helped scientists study how the Red Planet’s ionosphere responds to solar events.
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Stealth Superstorms Reveal Lightning on Jupiter: Beyond the Superbolt
On the gas giant, the strength and frequency of lightning appear to be more diverse than previously thought.
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Opening a Treasure Trove: A Trip to the Historic Archives of Venus
Before 1989, pre-Magellan orbiter and ground-based exploration of Venus produced significant datasets that will be useful when planning future missions to the planet.
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How Radar Reveals the Hidden Fabric of Ice Sheets
A new review describes how measuring the polarization of radar waves in ice reveals glacier crystal structure, with implications for understanding past and future ice flow and sea-level rise.
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New Evidence Points to Venusian Lava Tubes, and They’re Really Big
Researchers bring new life to 30-year-old Magellan data to unearth the first direct evidence of the long-hypothesized structures.