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NASA’s new sun-studying mission ‘PUNCH’ attains its final form in Earth orbit

NASA’s new sun-studying mission ‘PUNCH’ attains its final form in Earth orbit

On Wednesday (Aug. 13), NASA announced that the four satellites of its exciting new sun-studying mission, PUNCH, have successfully reached their stations in orbit around our planet. They all lie along Earth’s day-night line to earn a continuous view of our star. PUNCH, which stands for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, is meant to do precisely what its …

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