Three years ago, scientists used a telescope the size of Earth to produce the first-ever image of a black hole. Now, they've done it again — this time, closer to home, and of a very different invisib… [+5454 chars]
Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly tricky computing tasks, but also to be connected to a network for the secure exchange of data. In principle, quantum gates could b… [+7844 chars]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain ESA’s Gaia space telescope revolutionizes our understanding of the Milky Way. It scans the sky to measure the position, movement, distance, and characteristics of billions … [+948 chars]
"It was actually a privilege." Hardly Phased Did you really think something as inconsequential as the threat of being destroyed by Russian space junk would phase NASA astronauts during their stay o… [+1539 chars]
With their stretched bodies, immense wingspan and iridescent coloring, dragonflies are a unique sight. But their originality doesnt end with their looks: As one of the oldest insect species on the pl… [+5253 chars]
A study led by a Monash University geologist has provided fresh evidence for when high rates of erosion occurred throughout the history of Mars. The findings, published today in Geology date when cl… [+2955 chars]
Systems in which mechanical motion is controlled at the level of individual quanta are emerging as a promising quantum-technology platform. New experimental work now establishes how quantum properti… [+6268 chars]
If the Battlestar Galactica universe was real and you were a Cylon living in The Colony, which is right on the edge of a black hole, what would you hear? Never mind anything that close to a black ho… [+4652 chars]
Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsu… [+4994 chars]
This Sunday, May 15, more than 2.7 billion of the world’s 7.9 billion people will have an opportunity to watch the same celestial event, if the weather cooperates. The moon will be darkened by the l… [+6066 chars]
Placeholder while article actions load If it flew, and that was very much a big if, the little helicopter would take to the skies on Mars five times max over a period of 31 days. But over the past … [+9421 chars]
Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly tricky computing tasks, but also to be connected to a network for the secure exchange of data. In principle, quantum gates could b… [+7844 chars]
