2025-02-17

A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here

A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and work together with particle entanglement. [...]

2025-02-17

Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power

Getting oxygen from regolith takes 24 kWh per kilogram, and we'd need tonnes. [...]

2025-02-16

This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. [...]

2025-02-16

Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far side [...]

2025-02-16

Five Things We Learned From NASA's First Interactive Twitch Stream From Space

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Matt Dominick talked puking after returning to Earth, drinking recycled coffee in space and about those two stranded astronauts on the ISS. [...]

2025-02-16

This Newly Discovered Asteroid Could Impact Earth. Here's What to Know

This near-Earth asteroid is being tracked by NASA, as it has a small chance of impacting our planet. [...]

2025-02-15

Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War

After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way? [...]

2025-02-15

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of [...]

2025-02-15

Elon Musk's Tesla Is Still Floating in Space After 7 Years

The red Tesla Roadster was mistaken for an undiscovered asteroid by astronomers. [...]