At a time when space agencies are relying on ever smaller and less expensive satellites, instruments measuring the Earth's magnetic field are struggling to follow. A device no larger than a 10 centimeter cube could change the situation. Yarne Beerden and his colleagues at the University of Hasselt, Belgium, publish in Physical Review Applied the results of a quantum magnetometer deployed on board the International Space Station (ISS) for ten mon…
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At a time when space agencies are relying on ever smaller and less expensive satellites, instruments measuring the Earth's magnetic field are struggling to follow. A device no larger than a 10 centimeter cube could change the situation. Yarne Beerden and his colleagues at the University of Hasselt, Belgium, publish in Physical Review Applied the results of a quantum magnetometer deployed on board the International Space Station (ISS) for ten mon…