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- 1Electromagnetism trivia quiz wraps up with narrow winning answer●RE: https:// mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/ 117336633598702159 This # Electromagnetism_trivia has ended, and only by a t
Astrophysicist Franco Vazza has closed an online electromagnetism trivia question, revealing that the correct answer won by only a small margin of votes. The winning explanation held that Mickey Mouse floats thanks to magnetic levitation in a variable magnetic field, and Vazza shared a follow-up explaining the physics behind it.
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The European Space Agency has announced that its Smile mission has started its science phase. Smile, short for Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, is a joint ESA and Chinese Academy of Sciences mission designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field. The announcement confirms the spacecraft has completed commissioning and has begun returning data for scientific analysis.
- 3Record X-ray flash may capture a magnetar's birth●A record-breaking X-ray flash may reveal the birth of a magnetar
Astronomers have detected an extraordinarily powerful X-ray flash that could mark the moment a magnetar — a neutron star with an extreme magnetic field — was born. Researchers say the event, described as record-breaking in energy and brightness, offers a rare possible glimpse into how these exotic objects form. Findings were reported via ScienceDaily, with details of the observation still drawing attention across science media.