What's inside a black hole? Physicist uses quantum computing, machine learning to find out
Dude, what if everything around us was just ... a hologram?
Quantum Physics
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Gravity measurements confirm subsurface ocean on Enceladus
In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent pictures back to Earth depicting an icy Saturnian moon spewing water vapor and ice from fractures, known as "tiger stripes," in its frozen surface. It was big news that tiny Enceladus—a ...
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2014
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Voyager 1 spacecraft reaches interstellar space, study confirms
University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett says there is solid evidence that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to reach interstellar space, more than 11 billion miles distant and 36 years ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2013
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Data from Voyager 1 point to interstellar future
(Phys.org) -- Data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that the venerable deep-space explorer has encountered a region in space where the intensity of charged particles from beyond our solar system has markedly increased. ...
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2012
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter team says goodbye—for now
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission—and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role.
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2024
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Team develops new method for communicating around arbitrary opaque walls
Information transfer in free space using ultraviolet, visible, or infrared waves has been gaining interest because of the availability of large bandwidth for high-data-rate communication. However, the presence of opaque occlusions ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2023
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NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'
NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an "interstellar shout" that righted the distant probe's antenna orientation, the space agency said Friday.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2023
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NASA's planetary radar captures detailed view of oblong asteroid
On Feb. 3, an asteroid more than three times as long as it is wide safely flew past Earth at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers, or a little under five times the distance between the Moon and Earth). ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 18, 2023
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Scientists demonstrate machine learning tool to efficiently process complex solar data
Big data has become a big challenge for space scientists analyzing vast datasets from increasingly powerful space instrumentation. To address this, a Southwest Research Institute team has developed a machine learning tool ...
Astronomy
Jul 6, 2022
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Planetary radar observes 1,000th near-earth asteroid since 1968
On Aug. 14, 2021, a small near-Earth asteroid (NEA) designated 2021 PJ1 passed our planet at a distance of over 1 million miles (about 1.7 million kilometers). Between 65 and 100 feet (20 and 30 meters) wide, the recently ...
Astronomy
Sep 3, 2021
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