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NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars

Guest authors
January 30, 2026
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New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash. The team identified potential signals emitted during the stars’ final moments that may be detectable by future observatories. “Just before neutron […]

Dark Energy
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope

Brian Evans
August 1, 2025
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Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the observatory’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cover, the panels (together called the Lower Instrument Sun Shade), will play a critical role in keeping Roman’s instruments cool and stable as the mission explores the infrared universe. […]