On Saturday, a huge chunk of what is almost certainly space junk was found lying in the middle of a desert road in Western Australia, according to the Australian Space Agency. Its exact origins aren’t clear yet, but it appears to be a…
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Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images
On Saturday, a huge chunk of what is almost certainly space junk was found lying in the middle of a desert road in Western Australia, according…
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Quantum State Classification Achieves Learnability
The accurate identification of quantum states represents a fundamental challenge in quantum information science, and researchers continually seek to understand the limits of this process. Nathaniel Johnston from Mount Allison University,…
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Researchers Build First Low-Cost Microscope That Can Spot Atomic-Scale Structures
Microscope close-up. Credit: University of Liverpool Faculty – CC BY 2.0 via Flickr. A research team from the University of Victoria says it has reached a microscopy breakthrough with a way to see atomic-scale structures with unprecedented…
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Multilevel Quantum Sensing With Qutrits Achieves Fourfold Fisher Information And Extends Dark Matter Reach
The search for dark matter receives a significant boost from new research exploring quantum systems beyond traditional qubits, offering a pathway to dramatically improved detection sensitivity. Xiaolin Ma, alongside Volodymyr Takhistov from…
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10,000-year-old asteroid strike in China had force of 40 atomic bombs
A team of scientists has uncovered evidence that a massive asteroid strike created a prominent crater in southern China’s Guangdong province roughly 10,000 years ago, during a period of rapid human development.
The Jinlin crater, situated…
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Ancient sea animals may have used magnetic particles to navigate
For millions of years, Earth’s magnetic field has helped animals move through their environments. Birds, turtles, and fish are known to use it as an invisible map.
But now, scientists have found clues that ancient marine life may have been doing…
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