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WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a vision for solar and space physics to advance understanding of physics in space; comprehend the ...

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Earth is often described as a circle or an oval, but it is neither. As the planet spins more than 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, it develops a slight bulge around its middle. The result is what ...