NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets

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Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes
NASA is exploring the properties of a metal alloy that shrinks as it is heated, as boffins in its Astrophysics Division think it may be needed if the planned Habitable Worlds…

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