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UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. candidate Sagnick Mukherjee has received one of the most sought-after postdoctoral awards in the field: the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. In its March 27 ...

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"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.