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SA Space & Physics Vol 3 Issue 3

Space & Physics

June 2020

Volume 3, Issue 3

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Features

Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission's Lost Lunar Science

Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission's Lost Lunar Science

Its commander Jim Lovell and pilot Fred Haise reflect on their fateful, flawed voyage to the moon

By Robert Z. Pearlman
The Strange Hearts of Neutron Stars
Astrophysics

The Strange Hearts of Neutron Stars

Space observations are poised to reveal more about the centre of one of the Universe’s most enigmatic objects

By Adam Mann and Nature magazine
Do We Live in a Lopsided Universe?

Do We Live in a Lopsided Universe?

A new study of galaxy clusters suggests the cosmos may not be the same in all directions

By Lee Billings
Milky Way Dark Matter Signals in Doubt after Controversial New Papers

Milky Way Dark Matter Signals in Doubt after Controversial New Papers

New analyses question whether mysterious gamma-ray and x-ray light in the galaxy actually stems from an invisible mass

By Clara Moskowitz

Departments

From the Editor
The Beautiful, Irregular Universe
Opinion
A Birthday Message from the Hubble Telescope
A Sobering Astronomical Reminder from COVID-19
Remembering Freeman Dyson
Life as We Don't Know It
News
Universe Creates All Elements in the Periodic Table in 10 Minutes
Are We Ready for Quantum Computers?
Antimatter Discovery Reveals Clues about the Universe's Beginning
Will String Theory Finally Be Put to the Experimental Test?
Astronomers May Have Captured the First Ever Image of Nearby Exoplanet Proxima C
This Black-Hole Collision Just Made Gravitational Waves Even More Interesting
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