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Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet

Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer.

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Webb Telescope offers first glimpse of an exoplanet’s interior

A surprisingly low amount of methane and a super-sized core hide within the cotton candy–like planet WASP-107 b.

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Researchers develop entangled photon pairs in integrated silicon carbide for first time

Quantum information science is truly fascinating—pairs of tiny particles can be entangled such that an operation on either one will affect them both even if they are physically separated. A seemingly magical process called teleportation can share information between different far-flung quantum systems.

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Scientists discover single atom defect in 2D material can hold quantum information at room temperature

Scientists have discovered that a “single atomic defect” in a layered 2D material can hold onto quantum information for microseconds at room temperature, underscoring the potential of 2D materials in advancing quantum technologies.

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NA64 uses the high-energy SPS muon beam to search for dark matter

The NA64 experiment started operations at CERN’s SPS North Area in 2016. Its aim is to search for unknown particles from a hypothetical “dark sector.” For these searches, NA64 directs an electron beam onto a fixed target. Researchers then look for unknown dark sector particles produced by collisions between the beam’s electrons and the target’s […]

Another short delay for Boeing Starliner, now targeting May 25

NASA and Boeing need more time to make sure a helium leak on its CST-100 Starliner is low enough risk to send humans into space.

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BWC: Man threatens neighbors, Ariz. officers with death, reaches for knife before OIS

Yuma Police Department officers spoke with the man for several minutes and deployed a TASER twice before the shooting occurred

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Exploring extremes in the search for life on Mars

People might assume the search for life on Mars ended when NASA’s first rovers sent back images of the planet’s barren, inhospitable surface. However, as scientists broaden their understanding of the extreme conditions in which life can flourish here on Earth—and expand their notions of what extraterrestrial life might look like—the search for life on […]

NYPD to start Drone as First Responder program, allowing UAVs to respond to scenes of shootings

Patrol officers will be able to watch live video feeds from drones dispatched to crime scenes by a gunshot detection system

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Astronomers determine Mars may face more potentially hazardous asteroids than Earth

A team of astronomers at Nanjing University has found evidence that Mars likely has more potentially hazardous asteroids in its path than Earth. In their study, posted on the arXiv preprint server, the group investigated the number of potentially hazardous asteroids that are big enough to cause a major impact should they strike Mars and […]

A model outlining the microscopic origin of black hole entropy

Black holes are intriguing astronomical objects that have a gravitational pull so strong that it prevents any object and even light from escaping. While black holes have been the topic of numerous astrophysical studies, their origins and underlying physics remain largely a mystery.

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Iso-propagation vortices: Optical multiplexing for unprecedented information capacity

The future of optical communications just got brighter. In a development reported in Advanced Photonics, researchers from Nanjing University have introduced iso-propagation vortices (IPVs), a novel concept that offers a solution to a long-standing challenge faced by scientists and engineers: how to increase information processing capacity while overcoming the limitations of traditional vortex beams.

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REBELS-25 is a dynamically cold disk galaxy, observations find

An international team of astronomers has observed a high-redshift massive star-forming galaxy known as REBELS-25. They found that REBELS-25 is a dynamically cold disk galaxy. This finding was presented in a research paper published May 9 on the pre-print server arXiv.

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The mystery behind the 1942 RAF recon flight that spotted a giant

In December of 1942, the crew of the RAF recon flight 300 is said to have taken a picture of a being of unimaginable proportions, some even called out the image as being one of the best pieces of evidence that giants exist, or existed in the past. However, the truth behind the […]

Who were the Anunnaki? The Ancient Gods Of Mesopotamia

The Anunnaki are believed to be the creators of Man. These mighty Gods left Earth in the distant past, saying that one day, they shall return to Earth. Curiously, if we look at ancient cultures around the globe, most of their Gods—Creator Gods—left Earth and promised to return one day.

According to certain researchers […]