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Betelgeuse Is Not Alone: Astronomers Have the Image to Prove It
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Betelgeuse Is Not Alone: Astronomers Have the Image to Prove It

Betelgeuse is one of the most studied stars in the sky. It sits at the shoulder of the constellation Orion, visible to the naked eye.

Sunlight Proves Sufficient to Produce Quantum Entanglement, Study Finds
Physics

Sunlight Proves Sufficient to Produce Quantum Entanglement, Study Finds

Researchers have demonstrated that sunlight can be used to generate quantum-entangled photon pairs.

Mars Is Leaking — And Scientists Finally Caught the Waves Doing It
Space

Mars Is Leaking — And Scientists Finally Caught the Waves Doing It

A new study published on July 31 has delivered the clearest picture yet of one of the key mechanisms behind Mars' atmospheric loss.

China Caught a Falling Rocket in a Net at Sea — and the Space Race Just Got a Lot More Interesting
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China Caught a Falling Rocket in a Net at Sea — and the Space Race Just Got a Lot More Interesting

On the morning of July 10, 2026, over the South China Sea, the first stage of a Long March 10B rocket fell back through the sky.

Scientists Made Time Run Backward in a Quantum System
Physics

Scientists Made Time Run Backward in a Quantum System

Los Alamos National Laboratory has built a set of quantum tools that can make a physical system behave as though time is running in reverse.

Physics

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.

In 1973, John Archibald Wheeler captured the relationship between matter and space-time in two concise statements: “Space acts on matter, telling it how to move.

Space

A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA is racing to rescue it

Before the end of the month, a robotic spacecraft will launch on an unprecedented rescue mission. Its target is NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a

Space

The Last Astronomers. Amid a flood of AI advances, astrophysicists are questioning the soul of their field

One afternoon in April, Cecilia Garraffo sat at the head of a conference room table in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and looked out at what might be

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El Niño Has Begun. It May Become the Strongest This Century

After clearing a spring forecasting hurdle, scientists see growing odds of a powerful climate event that could disrupt weather worldwide In March, Nat Johnson, a

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New NIH Security Rules for Genomic Data Sets Are Slowing Research, Prompting Workarounds

Data security experts say increased oversight is needed, but researchers are struggling to comply In the spring of 2025, Andrew Lynn, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist