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MAROON-X on Gemini North Helps Measure Properties of Transiting Exoplanet

Astronomers using the recently installed instrument MAROON-X on Gemini North have determined the mass of a transiting exoplanet orbiting the nearby star Gliese 486. As well as putting the innovative new instrument through its paces, this result, when combined with data from the TESS satellite, precisely measures key properties of a rocky planet that is ideal for follow-up observations with the next generation of ground- and space-based telescopes.

5 Mar 2021

'Super-Earth' Could Help Study Rocky Planet Atmospheres Outside the Solar System

A newly discovered planet could be our best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system, a new international study involving UNSW Sydney shows.

5 Mar 2021

A Super-Earth Exoplanet Orbiting the Nearby Red Dwarf Star Discovered

Using both transit and radial velocity data, researchers discovered Gliese 486 b - a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 486. At only 8.1 parsecs from Earth, Gliese 486 b is the third-closest transiting exoplanet known - and the closest that transits a red dwarf star with measured mass.

5 Mar 2021

Egg Carton' Quantum Dot Array for Sending and Receiving Information with Single Photons

A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan.

5 Mar 2021

General Relativity-Based Model Could Better Confirm Existence of Dark Matter

One of the most robust pieces of evidence hinting at the existence of dark matter is the observation of galactic rotation curves.

5 Mar 2021

Curtin Researcher Helps Find Largest Supernova Remnant by Looking in Right Place

An international team of researchers, using powerful new X-ray telescope eROSITA to conduct the first all-sky X-ray survey in 25 years, have detected the largest supernova remnant ever discovered with X-rays, dubbed Hoinga.

5 Mar 2021

Superconducting Chips to Scale Up Quantum Computers and Boost Supercomputers

Superconducting processors could become a key ingredient for next generation of supercomputers. First, they could help tackling the major challenge of scaling up quantum computers. Second, they could speed up traditional supercomputers and remarkably cut their power consumption. A multidisciplinary research project led by VTT will tackle one of the main challenges of this solution: data transfer to and from low temperatures that are required for superconductivity.

5 Mar 2021

Sending Quantum Sensors to the Moon with Q-CTRL

Quantum sensors in orbit around the Moon will search Earth’s natural satellite for resources that could enable human-crewed space missions to Mars and beyond.

By Robert Lea 4 Mar 2021

Expansion of Universe Involves a New Type of Extra Dark Energy

The universe evolved after a giant bang called the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. Then, it started expanding.

4 Mar 2021

Scientists Locate Source of Potentially Hazardous Solar Particles

The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during storms in its outer atmosphere, has been located for the first time by researchers at UCL and George Mason University, Virginia, USA.

4 Mar 2021

Researchers Find New Way to Detect Phase Transitions in Raw Datasets

Information is encoded in data. This is true for most aspects of modern everyday life, but it is also true in most branches of contemporary physics, and extracting useful and meaningful information from very large data sets is a key mission for many physicists.

4 Mar 2021

Study Provides First Answers Related to Magnetism of the Martian Crust

The planet Mars has no global magnetic field, although scientists believe it did have one at some point in the past. Previous studies suggest that when Mars' global magnetic field was present, it was approximately the same strength as Earth's current field.

4 Mar 2021

Research Proves that Imaginary Part is Indispensable in Quantum Theory

Recently, research team led by academician GUO Guangcan from CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of CAS, has made an important progress in quantum information theory.

4 Mar 2021

Heat-Free Optical Switches Could Boost Quantum Computing and Communication

In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat. The solution makes it possible to integrate optical switches and single-photon detectors in a single chip.

4 Mar 2021

Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Quantum-Based Technologies

Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to power quantum technology, today announced it will provide the first quantum sensing and navigation technologies for space exploration beginning with uncrewed lunar missions by the SEVEN SISTERS space industry consortium in Australia.

4 Mar 2021

Quantum Science News

MAROON-X on Gemini North Helps Measure Properties of Transiting Exoplanet

'Super-Earth' Could Help Study Rocky Planet Atmospheres Outside the Solar System

A Super-Earth Exoplanet Orbiting the Nearby Red Dwarf Star Discovered

Egg Carton' Quantum Dot Array for Sending and Receiving Information with Single Photons

General Relativity-Based Model Could Better Confirm Existence of Dark Matter

Curtin Researcher Helps Find Largest Supernova Remnant by Looking in Right Place

Superconducting Chips to Scale Up Quantum Computers and Boost Supercomputers

Sending Quantum Sensors to the Moon with Q-CTRL

Expansion of Universe Involves a New Type of Extra Dark Energy

Scientists Locate Source of Potentially Hazardous Solar Particles

Researchers Find New Way to Detect Phase Transitions in Raw Datasets

Study Provides First Answers Related to Magnetism of the Martian Crust

Research Proves that Imaginary Part is Indispensable in Quantum Theory

Heat-Free Optical Switches Could Boost Quantum Computing and Communication

Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Quantum-Based Technologies

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