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Quantum entanglement enables a range of futuristic technologies.

Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' thanks to AI breakthrough — bringing quantum internet closer to reality

By Peter Ray Allison published

AI has helped physicists discover a simpler way of achieving quantum entanglement. This finding could make it easier to develop quantum communication technologies.

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Varda Space Industries' W-2 reentry capsule is seen shortly after its safe landing at Australia's Koonibba Test Range on Feb. 28, 2025.

Varda space capsule returns to Earth in 1st commercial landing in Australian Outback (photos)

By Andrew Jones published

Varda Space has successfully landed a reentry capsule in Australia, delivering critical data that could advance in-space manufacturing and hypersonic technologies.

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Leaping robots, fusion satellites and more! New NASA-funded studies could someday 'change the possible'

By Andrew Jones published

NASA has awarded funds to 15 trailblazing concepts for space technology that could help us explore and inhabit the solar system.

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an illustration of a spacecraft consisting of a central spindle surrounded by three concentric rings, floating over a grid. a wave of blue light crests behind and above the spacecraft, while a wave of red light crests underneath and in front of it

30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work

By Paul Sutter published

To construct a warp drive, we would need negative mass, which doesn't appear to exist in the universe and would violate everything we know about motion, momentum and energy.

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a gold blob rises in the dark.

3D-printed 'hydrogels' could be future space radiation shields for astronaut trips to Mars

By Julian Dossett published

Technology we already use everyday might be the future of space radiation shielding.

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A white contraption stands on the ground surrounded by many others. It has four straight legs attached to a central cylinder by three support struts each.

Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

By Keith Cooper published

By tracking the TV signal back to the plane that was reflecting it towards the Murchison Wide-field Array, astronomers will be able to learn how to remove it from their data.

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A solar sail flies over Earth with the sun setting on Earth in an illustration.

'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

By Meredith Garofalo published

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The force is strong with this JEDI

By Meredith Garofalo published

The force will be strong with this next-generation imager; JEDI will be a featured instrument on the Vigil space mission set to launch in 2031.

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator vehicle conducts its 13th and final test flight on Feb. 10, 2025. The jet broke the sound barrier three times during the flight.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.

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AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified

By Owen Hughes published

Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.

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