Developing optical vortex phase masks for the detection of habitable worlds

by quasarn01 | Mar 25, 2026 | Astronomy

A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exoplanets from the far brighter glare of their...

JWST reveals most distant red galaxy yet at redshift 11.45

by quasarn01 | Mar 25, 2026 | Astronomy

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new red galaxy at a redshift of approximately 11.45. The newfound galaxy, which received designation EGS-z11-R0, turns out to be the most distant red galaxy detected to date. The discovery was...

Dancing to invisible choreography, quantum computers can balance the noise

by quasarn01 | Mar 25, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Large-scale quantum computers are waiting in the wings. One of the main reasons we don’t have them yet is because quantum hardware is so noisy. This isn’t the type of noise you’d want to shush in a crowded theater. When it comes to computers, noise...

NASA X-ray mission gets fresh look at 2,000-year-old supernova

by quasarn01 | Mar 25, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have observed. Go to Source

BWC: Fla. man drives into officer directing traffic before being shot through windshield

by quasarn01 | Mar 25, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Body camera footage shows a Miami police officer clinging to the hood of a vehicle while firing shots at the driver who drove into him Go to Source