New ‘Mars GPS’ lets Perseverance pinpoint its location within 25 centimeters

by quasarn01 | Feb 18, 2026 | Astronomy

Imagine you’re all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving desert with no roads, no map, no GPS, and no more than one phone call a day for someone to inform you exactly where you are. That’s what NASA’s Perseverance rover has been experiencing...

Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe—but we can stop it

by quasarn01 | Feb 18, 2026 | Astronomy

On January 30, 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to 1 million satellites to power data centers in space. Go to Source

Machine learning algorithm fully reconstructs LHC particle collisions

by quasarn01 | Feb 18, 2026 | Latest in Physics

The CMS Collaboration has shown, for the first time, that machine learning can be used to fully reconstruct particle collisions at the LHC. This new approach can reconstruct collisions more quickly and precisely than traditional methods, helping physicists better...

Microscopic mirrors for future quantum networks: A new way to make high-performance optical resonators

by quasarn01 | Feb 18, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have devised a new way to make some of the smallest, smoothest mirrors ever created for controlling single particles of light, known as...

Eclipse research finds turbulent times in the sun’s corona

by quasarn01 | Feb 18, 2026 | Astronomy

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun’s outer atmosphere, using one of nature’s rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses. Drawing on more than a decade of eclipse observations, a...