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Blasting lead with 160 lasers makes it incredibly strong, then explode

19 November 2019

When lead is quickly brought to extremely high pressures using 160 laser beams, it suddenly becomes 250 times stronger – and then it explodes

We have the first full map of the weird surface features of Titan

18 November 2019

Astronomers have used data from the Cassini spacecraft to build a full map of Titan’s geological features for the first time, revealing strange belts of different terrains

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Blasting lead with 160 lasers makes it incredibly strong, then explode

We have the first full map of the weird surface features of Titan

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