Traveling to the sun: Why won't Parker Solar Probe melt?

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This summer, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere, than any mission before it. Cutting-edge technology and engineering will help it beat the heat.
via Science Daily
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CALET succeeds in direct measurements of cosmic-ray electron spectrum up to 4.8 TeV

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Researchers have succeeded in the direct, high-precision measurements of cosmic-ray electron spectrum up to 4.8 TeV, based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET). Observations by CALET are expected to reveal the mysteries of cosmic-rays and nature of dark matter in the future.
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Puzzling results explained: A multiband approach to Coulomb drag and indirect excitons

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A new theoretical study explains previous mystifying experimental results, in which coupled charged particles moved in exactly the opposite direction to that predicted. This apparently contradictory phenomenon is associated with the bandgap in dual-layer graphene structures, a bandgap which is very much smaller than in conventional semiconductors.
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LHC experiments present latest results at ICHEP

Traditional Korean music and dancing marked the start of the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Seoul, South Korea. (Image: Marcos Dracos)

This year’s International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) — the “biggie” of conferences in high-energy physics — took place in Seoul, South Korea, on 4–11 July.

For a taste of the important scientific findings presented at the conference by the collaborations behind the main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), read this related update for scientists.

via CERN: Updates for the general public
https://home.cern/about/updates/2018/07/lhc-experiments-present-latest-results-ichep

A storm rolls in

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Mars Express imaged a local dust storm in April, a precursor to the dramatic planet-circling event that followed
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Highlights/A_storm_rolls_in

NASA's new mini satellite will study Milky Way's halo

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A new mission called HaloSat will help scientists search for the universe's missing matter by studying X-rays from hot gas surrounding the Milky Way galaxy.
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X-ray data may be first evidence of a star devouring a planet

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An analysis of X-ray data suggests the first observations of a star swallowing a planet, and may also explain the star's mysterious dimming.
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