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Fermilab Announces First Successful Demonstration of New Particle Beam Technique

Physicists love to smash particles together and study the resulting chaos. Therein lies the discovery of new particles and strange physics, generated for tiny fractions of a second and recr"eating conditions often not seen in our universe for billions of years.

11 Aug 2022

NOIRLab Reveals Stunning Images of Merging Spiral Galaxies

One of the twin telescopes of the International Gemini Observatory, Gemini North, which is run by the NOIRLab of the NSF, has discovered the first signs of a cosmic collision that is taking place around 60 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Virgo.

10 Aug 2022

Study Highlights One Way that Cyclic or “Bouncing” Cosmologies Fall Flat

In trying to understand the nature of the cosmos, some theorists propose that the universe expands and contracts in endless cycles.

10 Aug 2022

Researchers Use Simulations to Reveal What Determines the Masses of Stars

STARFORGE, a project creating the most accurate, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formation until today, was launched last year by a team of astrophysicists that include key participants from Northwestern University.

9 Aug 2022

The Emergence of an Alternative Gravity Theory

The vast majority of galaxies, according to the accepted theory of cosmology, are encircled by a halo of dark matter particles.

8 Aug 2022

Lockheed Martin's Final SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Launched Successfully, Under U.S. Space Force Control

Following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today, the U.S. Space Force is now communicating with the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) -6 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 5 Aug 2022

AQT's Experiment Optimized SWAP Networks Quantum Computing Demonstration

A research partnership at the Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Chicago-based Super.tech (acquired by ColdQuanta in May 2022) demonstrated how to optimize the execution of the ZZ SWAP network protocol, important to quantum computing.

4 Aug 2022