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NASA uses force field on Moon to sweep away deadly dust

April 01, 2025 | David Szondy
NASA has successfully tested an electric force field on the Moon that protects spacecraft from destructive lunar dust. The Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) was carried aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, whose mission ended on March 16.

Record-breaking tiny robot offloads electronics to fly by magnetism

March 31, 2025 | Ben Coxworth
Scientists have created what they say is the world's smallest untethered flying robot, by taking a unique approach to its design. To minimize size and weight, they've moved the bot's power and control systems out of its sub-centimeter-wide body.

"Mudball meteorite" spent 2 million years avoiding collision – until Earth

April 01, 2025 | Bronwyn Thompson
One of the most studied space rocks of all time has surprised us again, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas Zarcas having cruised around the solar system for two million years without as much as a scratch. It defies the "fragile" class it belongs to.

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