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SA Space & Physics Vol 4 Issue 3

Space & Physics

June 2021

Volume 4, Issue 3

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Features

Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly

Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly

Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash

By Leonard David and Lee Billings
Quantum Astronomy Could Create Telescopes Hundreds of Kilometers Wide

Quantum Astronomy Could Create Telescopes Hundreds of Kilometers Wide

Astronomers hope to use innovations from the subatomic world to construct breathtakingly large arrays of optical observatories

By Anil Ananthaswamy and Lee Billings
Long-Awaited Muon Measurement Boosts Evidence for New Physics
Particle Physics

Long-Awaited Muon Measurement Boosts Evidence for New Physics

Initial data from the Muon g-2 experiment have excited particle physicists searching for undiscovered subatomic particles and forces

By Daniel Garisto and Lee Billings

Departments

From the Editor
The Subatomic Keys to the Universe
Opinion
Is the Standard Model of Physics Now Broken?
When Did Life First Emerge in the Universe?
Quantum Mechanics, the Chinese Room Experiment and the Limits of Understanding
News
The James Webb Space Telescope's First Year of Extraordinary Science Has Been Revealed
Physicists Measure the Gravitational Force between the Smallest Masses Yet
China Is Set to Launch First Module of Massive Space Station
Ketchup Is Not Just a Condiment: It Is Also a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Liftoff! First Flight on Mars Launches New Way to Explore Worlds
Forum
The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed
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