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Orbiting Solar Observatory

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noun

  1. OSO.

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NASA’s Orbiting Solar Observatory 8, launched in 1975, detected a smattering of polarized x-rays from a single source, the Crab nebula, Weisskopf says.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2021

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