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  1. Astronomy

    To boldly go where no robot explorer has gone before

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the importance of robotic space missions for scientific research.

    By Nancy Shute
  2. Genetics

    German skeletons hint that medieval warrior groups recruited from afar

    Graveyard finds may come from an ancient European warrior household with political pull.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Planetary Science

    Jupiter’s magnetic field is surprisingly weird

    New results from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal different magnetic behavior in the planet’s northern and southern hemispheres.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Quantum Physics

    Rubidium atoms mimic the Eiffel Tower, a Möbius strip and other 3-D shapes

    Scientists have arranged atoms of the element rubidium into complex three-dimensional structures.