Europe’s First TES Spectrometer Makes Previously Impossible X-Ray Experiments Possible
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Gracie the giraffe who wandered off in Texas found safe – for real this time | Animals
The search for a giraffe who absconded from a private game ranch in rural Texas and effectively went…
Artist Attaches Game Boy Camera to Space Telescope and Takes Photo of Jupiter
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In a New 223-Megapixel Image, NASA Captures 16.5 Million Stars of the Cigar Galaxy — Colossal
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Enter Helios: quantum computer sets high watermark for accuracy
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Missing giraffe Gracie found safe near Leakey after nearly two weeks on the loose
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Ars Live: What’s the latest in the aftermath of the New Glenn catastrophe?
Nearly a month has passed since the New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad in Florida, creating…
What is a doublet earthquake? The science behind twin tremors
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NASA Delivers Braking Engines for ESA Rosalind Franklin Mars Mission
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We tend to think quantum tunnelling is a subatomic curiosity, but in 1984 and 1985 physicists at UC Berkeley showed that a superconducting electrical circuit big enough to hold in your hand could tunnel from one state to another — a discovery that won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Quantum tunnelling is usually introduced through the smallest things physics can describe: an alpha particle escaping a nucleus,…
Cruise ships urged to slow down after dead pregnant whale was found on bow of Royal Caribbean vessel
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