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- Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed the world’s first ultra-high-resolution distributed quantum sensor network, marking a major advance in quantum metrology.
- By applying…

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Here’s a final call for anyone who wants to see two green comets before they race away from Earth and get too dim to see. On Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) are still visible in binoculars about…

Time to track down a faint gem of the northern skies. Nestled between the bright constellations of Cygnus, the swan, and the mythical mother-daughter pair of Cassiopeia and Andromeda, Lacerta, the lizard, is admittedly a faint…

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Type: Interstellar comet (third confirmed visitor from beyond our solar system)
Origin: Likely ejected from a distant star system millions of years ago
Path: “Hyperbolic” trajectory — one-time pass through…

HELSINKI — Australian company HEO has imaged and modeled a mystery Chinese satellite prior to its reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, revealing previously unknown details about the spacecraft.
Xinjishu Yanzheng-7 (XJY-7), a remote…

To combat mosquito-borne illnesses that claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, scientists have enlisted an unexpected partner: a fungus that gives off a floral scent.
By exploiting mosquitoes’ attraction to flowers, an international team…

To combat mosquito-borne illnesses that claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, scientists have enlisted an unexpected partner: a fungus that gives off a floral scent.
By exploiting mosquitoes’ attraction to flowers, an international team…