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Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday

A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon.

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A capsule with antiviral drugs grown in space returns to earth

On Wednesday, February 21st, at 01:40 p.m. PST (04:40 p.m. EST), an interesting package returned to Earth from space. This was the capsule from the W-1 mission, an orbital platform manufactured by California-based Varda Space Industries, which landed at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). Even more interesting was the payload, which consisted of […]

Resurrecting niobium for quantum science

For years, niobium was considered an underperformer when it came to superconducting qubits. Now, scientists supported by Q-NEXT have found a way to engineer a high-performing niobium-based qubit and take advantage of niobium’s superior qualities.

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Unlocking the secrets of the universe: New discoveries in gravitational waves

A groundbreaking body of work led by Monash University physicists has opened a new pathway for understanding the universe’s fundamental physics.

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Tenn. recruit collapsed during training, was sworn in as officer before death

Officer Wisbens Antoine was a Knoxville Police Department recruit scheduled to graduate the academy in March; he is survived by his wife and two children

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The countdown to NASA’s Jupiter mission is on. This JPL engineer is helping it happen

Think of meticulously handcrafted objects and certain things come immediately to mind: fine art, exotic cars, luxury timepieces.

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A new mechanism for excitation of quasiperiodic, fast-propagating waves on both sides of a coronal mass ejection

In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, Hu Jialiang and Prof. Lin Jun from Yunnan Observatories (YNAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators proposed a new mechanism for the generation of large-scale quasiperiodic fast-propagating (QFP) magnetoacoustic waves on both sides of coronal mass ejection (CME).

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New research suggests explosive ‘axion stars’ could pinpoint where and what dark matter is

We could be closer to understanding the mystery behind what dark matter is, following new research from physicists at King’s College London.

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Collaborating scientists offer insights on improving blue OLED performance for displays and lighting

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have collaborated with the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) on a new study to better understand the degradation of blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The study has been published in Nature Communications.

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A machine learning predictor enhances capability for solving intricate physical problems

In a recent development at Fudan University, a team of applied mathematicians and AI scientists has unveiled a cutting-edge machine learning framework designed to revolutionize the understanding and prediction of Hamiltonian systems. The paper is published in the journal Physical Review Research.

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Measuring the properties of light: Scientists realize new method for determining quantum states

Scientists at Paderborn University have used a new method to determine the characteristics of optical quantum states. For the first time, they are using certain photon detectors—devices that can detect individual light particles—for so-called homodyne detection.

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Man pleads guilty to causing 2023 crash that killed Mo. officer, pedestrian and K-9

The suspect’s vehicle slammed into Officer James Muhlbauer’s patrol car, killing him and his K-9 partner Champ; the impact caused the cruiser to strike and kill Jesse Eckes, a pedestrian

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Metal scar found on cannibal star

When a star like our sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and asteroids that were born with it. Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile, researchers have found a unique signature of this process for the first time—a scar imprinted on the […]

Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere—what impact could this have on the Earth’s climate?

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that may cause them to fail. Rather than risk posing a threat to other spacecraft, SpaceX will “de-orbit” these satellites to burn up in the atmosphere.

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Earth as a test object to evaluate the planned LIFE space mission

Physicists at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich wanted to know whether the planned LIFE space mission could really detect traces of life on other planets. Yes, it can, say the researchers, with the help of observations of our own planet.

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