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Space Station Atom Cloud Reaches Record-Equivalent 9.7 Picokelvin

Solar Telescope Captures Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices on Sun

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Scientists Directly Detect Torsional Alfvén Waves in the Sun’s Corona

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