A potential new design for spacecraft shields: Study finds under extreme impacts, metals get stronger when heated

Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot. And anyone who compares a copper wire with a steel coat hanger will quickly discern that copper is much more pliable than steel.

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