Jupiter’s moon Europa lacks the undersea activity needed to support life, study suggests

by quasarn01 | Jan 6, 2026 | Astronomy

The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought to possess a vast ocean of liquid salt water. For decades, scientists...

Solving quantum computing’s longstanding ‘no cloning’ problem with an encryption workaround

by quasarn01 | Jan 6, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the fundamental “no cloning” problem. The research, “Encrypted Qubits can be Cloned,” appears in Physical Review Letters....

New report shows a 25% drop in annual LODDs

by quasarn01 | Jan 6, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

“Even one officer fatality is too many, and our ultimate goal is to have none. But we’re heartened by any decrease in those numbers,” said Bill Alexander, CEO of the NLEOMF Go to Source

Black hole shreds distant ‘super sun,’ unleashing a spectacular event known as the Whippet

by quasarn01 | Jan 6, 2026 | Astronomy

A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was “preparing a snack for lunch,” according to a team of scientists at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting (5–8 January). Go to Source

ALMA devours cosmic ‘hamburger,’ reveals potential for giant planet formation

by quasarn01 | Jan 6, 2026 | Astronomy

Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the very earliest phases of giant planet formation between the dense layers of gas and dust in the...