When Italian and German researchers modeled a square-meter array of 1,482 neodymium magnets, the simulation showed roughly a fifth of incoming low-energy solar protons being deflected — suggesting a potential way for deep-space crews to reduce some of the mass they currently carry for radiation shielding.
When Italian and German researchers modeled a square-meter array of 1,482 neodymium magnets, the simulation showed roughly a…