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New Method Reduces Error Rates, Increases Efficiency in Quantum Computers

One of the most fascinating promises of quantum technology is a functional quantum computer. Quantum computers have considerably increased computing power, possessing the ability to solve tasks that otherwise cannot be handled by traditional computers.

13 Jan 2020

SuperTIGER-2 Finally Reaches Float Altitude, Starts Collecting Scientific Data

Three and a half weeks after being launched, a balloon-borne scientific instrument developed to investigate the source of cosmic rays is on its second prowl high above the continent of Antarctica.

13 Jan 2020

Newfound Star Cluster Could Reveal New Insights into Milky Way’s History

The oldest stars of the Milky Way galaxy are found within its outskirts. However, in this celestial retirement community, astronomers have observed something unpredicted—a cluster of young stars.

8 Jan 2020

TESS Discovers TOI 1338 b, the First Circumbinary Planet to be Observed

Wolf Cukier’s job as a summer intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2019 was to investigate variations in star brightness that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captures and uploads to the Planet Hunters TESS citizen science project.

8 Jan 2020

UWA Scientists Crunch the Numbers on a Huge Neutron Star Collision 3.4 Times Heavier Than the Sun

Scientists at The University of Western Australia have contributed to a new study with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) revealing a possible collision of two neutron stars 3.4 times heavier than the sun.

7 Jan 2020

Astronomers Survey the Gigantic Rubin’s Galaxy Using Hubble Telescope

Astronomers have spotted UGC 2885, an incredible spiral galaxy that might be called the “Godzilla galaxy” since it may be the largest ever galaxy in the local universe.

7 Jan 2020

New Technique Uses Oxygen Signal to Look for Life on Exoplanets

A new technique has been created by researchers to detect oxygen in the atmospheres of exoplanets. This technique could speed up the search for life on exoplanets.

7 Jan 2020

NASA Hubble Telescope Spots Galaxy Much Larger than Milky Way

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped incredible new images of a gargantuan spiral galaxy some 232 million light-years away. The galaxy is so big in fact that NASA has dubbed it the “Godzilla Galaxy” as it d...

7 Jan 2020

Scientists May Have Spotted Active Volcanoes on Venus

Last week, new research reported evidence that suggests Venus is likely to be the home of active volcanoes, answering a question that scientists have wondered about for years, given the planet’s history of volcanis...

7 Jan 2020

New VLA Observations Show 13 Dwarf Galaxies Hosting Massive Black Holes

In the pursuit to gain deeper insight into the mechanism behind the formation of massive black holes in the early Universe, astronomers have obtained vital clues by discovering 13 such black holes in dwarf galaxies located within a billion light-years from Earth.

6 Jan 2020