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Victoria Corless

Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the insides of alien worlds

Three different colorful spheres over a dark background.

Engineers have designed a compact, battery-powered radio probe that could help unlock the secrets of alien planets.

The proposed small probe, known as the Gravity Imaging Radio Observer (GIRO), would use gravity fields to precisely map the interiors and compositions of exoplanets and other celestial bodies.

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