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Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperature

A new system, made by splitting a laser beam into 12,000 tweezers and trapping 6,100 neutral atom qubits, hit new heights for coherence times.

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Stephen Hawking's long-contested black hole theory finally confirmed — as scientists 'hear' 2 event horizons merge into one

Black holes get bigger as they merge, the LIGO Collaboration confirmed with a new observation that could finally prove a decades-old Stephen Hawking theory.

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San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

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A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.

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New evidence of giant gas planet around ‘Earth’s closest solar twin’

The confirmation of the gas giant planet would mark a milestone as the closest planet to Earth that orbits in a habitable zone of a star like the sun

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'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like star

Alpha Centauri may have a "disappearing planet', new James Webb Space Telescope observations hint. If confirmed, it could be the closest alien planet to Earth that orbits in its star's habitable zone.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new exoplanet just 4 light-years away from Earth

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth.

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What we know about the search for ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system

The idea of a massive undiscovered planet has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s

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Happy anniversary, Mariner 4! NASA probe got 1st-ever up-close look at Mars 60 years ago today

Since then, a multitude of spacecraft have rocketed Marsward from a variety of nations.

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This camera captures 1 TRILLION frames per second – that's 10 billion times faster than your mirrorless or DSLR camera

It doesn't work like any camera you know – and its mind-blowing speed shows just how far modern tech can go

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Astronomers simulate a star's final moments as it's swallowed by a black hole: 'Breaks like an egg'

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

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Physicists force atoms into state of quantum 'hyper-entanglement' using tweezers made of laser light

By controlling individual atoms, researchers have demonstrated a way to turn previously unwanted atomic motion into an advantage.

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Jupiter is shrinking and used to be twice as big, mind-boggling study reveals

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two of its many moons.

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A 9th planet in our solar system might be found — and no, it’s not Pluto

Is there another planet out there? Researchers say they have hints of a new candidate

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US biochemist researching treatment of HIV and coronaviruses wins Israel's Wolf Prize

An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads on treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year’s Wolf Prize, a major Israeli award in the arts and sciences

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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim

It's been a week since NASA lost contact with its new water-hunting moon satellite.

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AWS launches 'Ocelot' quantum processor — a chip inspired by Schrödinger's cat that corrects errors exponentially with scale

AWS's first-ever quantum chip uses "cat qubits" to reduce errors exponentially as more qubits are added to a system. Scientists say it will lead to scalable and efficient quantum computers.

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Cobra Kai season 6 ending explained: Cobra Kai forever

Cobra Kai season 6 episode 15, the series finale of the Netflix martial-arts favorite, is a satisfying end to a story decades in the making.

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Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems.

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SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe 'Lunar Trailblazer' on Feb. 26

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe has made it to Florida's Cape Canaveral to prep for its launch to the moon, which could occur as soon as Feb. 26.

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With Union Rights Uncertain Under Trump, Higher Ed Workers Seek to Speed Up Bargaining

Newly unionized Caltech, Occidental workers got union rights under Biden. Trump’s inauguration has them seeking quick contracts.

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20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA's Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

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Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says.

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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Is About To Take One Small Step ... To Get Us Back To The Moon

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. First, Lunar Trailblazer needs to make a few measurements.

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Three California Colleges Extend Campus Closures Due To Wildfires

Prominent California colleges extend campus closures in response to wildfires, prioritizing safety and well-being of students and staff.

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