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    "headline": "Powerful superstorm gives rare glimpse into Mars\u2019s atmosphere",
    "summary": "A solar superstorm that struck Mars in 2024 has given scientists their most detailed view yet of how the Red Planet responds to extreme space weather.",
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    "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magic-instrument-prepares-for-lunar-gateway-mission-/",
    "date": "12 December 2025",
    "year": "2025",
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    "headline": "Imperial\u2019s MAGIC instrument prepares for Gateway mission ",
    "summary": "A new experiment, called the European Radiation Sensors Array (ERSA), will carry a Magnetometer built by Imperial physicists to orbit the Moon and monitor space weather.",
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