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Accurate estimation of the ionosphere is essential for reliable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, timing, and space weather applications. A key challenge lies in converting slant ...

A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

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At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...