Analysis suggests the most likely places to detect signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence

by quasarn01 | Aug 21, 2025 | Astronomy

If an extraterrestrial intelligence were looking for signs of human communications, when and where should they look? In a new study, researchers at Penn State and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California analyzed when and where human deep space...

‘Rosetta stone’ of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations

by quasarn01 | Aug 21, 2025 | Latest in Physics

To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that quantum bits, or qubits, create as they operate. Go to Source

XRISM reveals slow-moving hot gas near black hole during faint X-ray phase

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2025 | Astronomy

An international research team has reported remarkable findings from an XRISM observation of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630–472, located in our galaxy. XRISM is an X-ray astronomy satellite developed by Japan in collaboration with the United States and Europe and...

Astronomers combine X-ray and radio data to map pulsar ‘hand’ nebula

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2025 | Astronomy

In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object. Now, new radio data from...

Cost-effective method developed for high-entropy alloy film production

by quasarn01 | Aug 20, 2025 | Latest in Physics

A collaborative research team has developed a novel method for forming high-performance high-entropy alloy (HEA) films on various surfaces without using expensive alloy targets. This was achieved using a proprietary rotating target composed of multiple pure metal...