Month: June 2020
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Scientists spot flash of light from colliding black holes. But how?
Scientists spot flash of light from colliding black holes. But how? Scientists think they identified two black holes merging that produced a burst of light. Black holes aren’t supposed to make flashes of light. It’s right there in the name: black holes. Even when they slam into each, the massive objects are supposed to be…
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ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world
ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world Wow – ARM based system now rated number one!. Fugaku is being used in COVID-19 research Source: www.theverge.com/2020/6/23/21300097/fugaku-supercomputer-worlds-fastest-top500-riken-fujitsu-arm
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Did Galaxies Grow from Quantum Static?
Did Galaxies Grow from Quantum Static? A new test could determine whether large-scale cosmic structures have microscopic origins Did Galaxies Grow from Quantum Static? Quantum fluctuations in the early universe may have seeded the formation of large cosmic structures, such as this galaxy cluster. Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble and RELICS Some 13.8 billion…
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You can help a Mars Rover’s AI learn to tell rocks from dirt – TechCrunch
You can help a Mars Rover’s AI learn to tell rocks from dirt – TechCrunch Curiosity doesn’t navigate on its own; there’s a whole team of people on Earth who analyze the imagery coming back from Mars and plot a path forward for the mobile science laboratory. In order to do so, however,…
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CERN makes bold push to build €21-billion super-collider
CERN makes bold push to build €21-billion super-collider European particle-physics lab will pursue a 100-kilometre machine to uncover the Higgs boson’s secrets — but it doesn’t yet have the funds! The decision was unanimously endorsed by the CERN Council on 19 June, following the plan’s approval by an independent panel in March. Europe’s…
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eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe
eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe | Astronomy | Sci-News.com A new all-sky image from the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) space observatory contains over one million objects, about half of which are new to astronomers. It shows the structure of hot gas in the Milky Way itself, and the…
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ESOblog: Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch
ESOblog: Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch Great blog article from the ESO on adaptive optics – mechanical systems to deform the shape of a mirror to take into account disturbances in the Earth’s atmosphere. The same sort of disturbances that cause stars to “twinkle”. Astronomers have turned to a method…
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Silq is a new high-level programming language for quantum computers – TechCrunch
Silq is a new high-level programming language for quantum computers – TechCrunch Quantum computing hardware continues to improve to the point where we may actually see real-world use cases in the next few years and so it’s probably no surprise that we are also seeing a steady increase in research projects that focus…
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Silq is a new high-level programming language for quantum computers
Quantum computing hardware continues to improve to the point where we may actually see real-world use cases in the next few years and so it’s probably no surprise that we are also seeing a steady increase in research projects that focus on how to best program these machines. One of the newest… Source: techcrunch.com/2020/06/15/silq-is-a-new-high-level-programming-language-for-quantum-computers/
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This weird quantum state of matter was made in orbit for the first time
Bose-Einstein condensates made on the International Space Station could reach temperatures lower than any known in the universe. On the International Space Station, astronauts are weightless. Atoms are, too. That weightlessness makes it easier to study a weird quantum state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. Now, the first Bose-Einstein condensates made on the…
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Scientists create exotic matter on space station to explore the quantum world
Scientists create exotic matter on space station to explore the quantum world Scientists have generated an exotic form of matter in the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and are using it to explore the quantum world, a new study finds. There are four states of matter common in everyday life —…
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“A Darker, Deeper Cosmos” –Looking Beyond the Standard Model
“A Darker, Deeper Cosmos” –Looking Beyond the Standard Model | The Daily Galaxy Could dark matter particles the size of galaxies exist, or a anti-gravitational force field we call “dark energy” that might be getting stronger and denser, leading to a future in which atoms are ripped apart and time ends? “Our cosmology…
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New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax Experiment
New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax Experiment For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we’d see from Earth. Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-conducts-the-first-interstellar-parallax-experiment
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James Webb Space Telescope will “absolutely” not launch in March
On Wednesday, the chief of NASA’s science programs said the James Webb Space Telescope will not meet its current schedule of launching in March 2021. Looks like the James Webb Space Telescope is still some time away. Launch in 20210? Who knows! “This team has stayed on its toes and pushed this telescope forward.”…