Quantum Messages may lead to “Beam Me Up Scotty”
Scientists used a telescope to direct photons to satellites and then measure the photons’ quantum properties on their return. The green laser visible in the image is used [...]
Space
Asteroid’s close encounter with Earth
An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields is set for its close-up on a live webcast as it whizzes by Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded [...]
There was No Big Bang. Quantum equation: universe has no beginning
big bang (Phys.org) —The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein’s theory of general [...]
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Though Chinese astronomical records claim that astronomer Gan De may have spotted a moon of Jupiter (probably Ganymede) with the naked eye as early as 365 BCE, Galileo [...]
Weird star: Strange dips in brightness are a bit baffling.
The star is called KIC 8462852, and it’s one of more than a hundred thousand stars that was observed by NASA’s Kepler mission. Kepler stared at these stars, looking for [...]
Has the Kepler Space Telescope discovered an alien megastructure?
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope – has detected something that can’t be explained – and some are suggesting it has alien origins. Image Credit: NASA The recent [...]