Astronomers Uncover Interstellar Comet Hiding In Earlier Telescope Images
Astronomers have revealed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, officially discovered on July 1, 2025, was actually captured in…
Quantum ghost imaging works using only sunlight in stunning new experiment
Correlated and entangled photon pairs are essential tools in quantum optics. Scientists usually create these photon pairs through…
If you removed all the empty space from the atoms in every human being on Earth, the entire species would fit inside a sugar cube — and it would still weigh what 8 billion people weigh
The claim is arithmetically correct, and that is the least interesting thing about it. If every atom in…
For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis
Susan Lior | Image Credits:Slava Blazer for TechCrunch When Lior Susan started Eclipse Ventures in 2015, the firm’s…
Physicists Observe Strange Quantum Rotation Effect That Defies Intuition
Like on a Ferris wheel, a powerful terahertz laser drives the atoms of a crystal along precise circular…
Satellite launch pollution is becoming a major climate threat, on top of the huge space debris problem that already exists
Pollution is not just a problem on Earth anymore. Today, satellites help people watch movies, use GPS, check…
Europe Was Never a Giant Dark Forest, New 20-Million-Year Study Reveals
Artist’s reconstruction of what landscapes in Central Europe may have looked like during the Early Late Miocene, according…
NASA’s powerful new chip could let spacecraft think independently
Space missions still rely on computer chips that were designed years ago. They are dependable and can survive…
Methane fingerprints reveal hidden fossil fuel emissions in Asia
Satellites have tracked methane accumulating in the atmosphere for years. Ground stations log it daily. Between orbiting sensors…
Japan’s new emissions trading program: Key climate tool or paper tiger?
When it comes to Japan’s bid to reduce greenhouse emissions, the latest data shows a positive trend —…
If you compressed the entire history of the universe into a single year, all of recorded history would fit in the final 14 seconds — and a single human lifetime would last only 0.2 seconds
Carl Sagan used to walk his Cornell students through a thought experiment he called the Cosmic Calendar, and…
NASA science, cargo launch on 34th SpaceX resupply mission to space station
NASA said a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the company’s Dragon cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station…