Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new system to test magnetohydrodynamic aerobraking for spacecraft reentering the atmosphere. Their platform generates intense magnetic fields with a powerful electromagnet as a miniature vessel is hit with a shock wave traveling at ov...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-method-magnet-powered-safer-reusable.html)

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