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The Green Comet will be closest to earth on Feb 1. Here's the science behind its ghoulish glow.
A comet is essentially a galactic snowball. Physics explains why the green comet's head is green, b…
Marianne Guenot
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The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how the $600 million device compares to the US's revolutionary fusion machine.
The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how it compares to the US's recen…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists used a laser beam to bend a bolt of lightning for the first time
The technology offers hope lasers could one day be used as lightning rods to protect people from st…
Marianne Guenot
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Ukrainian soldiers are using a handheld video game console to operate machine gun mounts, per reports. The US Navy has also utilized Xbox controllers in the past.
Photos show Ukrainian soldiers using a Steam Deck to operate the Sabre weapon system, while US Navy…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Increasing global warming and light pollution levels could severely affect ground telescope observations
The new Thirty-Metre-Telescope will be an international collaboration between India and four of the…
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Technique used to track ants’ movement might soon help scientists in measuring snow depth from space
Inspired from the concept of how ants travel, Hu developed a method to directly measure snow dep…
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I've studied the sun for 23 years. Here's what happened during the last solar maximum and what to expect from this one.
The next solar maximum is predicted to begin in 2025 and is expected to raise some risks for Earth …
Crystal Raypole
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Monica Rambeau just had a big moment in 'WandaVision,' and fans are so excited
Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau could be about to get a lot more important to the Marvel Cinematic U…
Jacob Sarkisian
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The US and British navies' newest submarines are equipped with totally different kinds of periscopes
For over a century, periscopes have been sub commanders' window to the outside world, but the tradi…
Benjamin Brimelow
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31 Nobel Prize winners had ties to the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer isn't on the list.
The Manhattan Project employed hundreds of thousands of people, including at least 31 Nobel Prize w…
Jenny McGrath
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India, Israel sign agreement for development of dual use technologies in defence
The agreement was signed between DRDO Chairman, G Satheesh Reddy and DDR&D head, Brig Gen …
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These were the 10 worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 in 2021
Despite a strong year for markets driven by low interest rates and a growing economy, 70 stocks wit…
Matthew Fox
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Coherent skyrockets 33% after Lumentum announces $5.7 billion acquisition of rival laser maker
Coherent stock gained over $1 billion in market cap Tuesday after Lumentum announced its $5.7 billi…
Will Daniel
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One in three Americans would happily never set foot in a store again, a new survey of consumer behavior shows
Consumers are increasingly favoring contactless and remote shopping, a survey by Sense Photonics an…
Grace Dean
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Apple is selling fear disguised as innovation
"The message is 'If you want to live, buy our stuff.' Apple now sells devices the way First Alert s…
Michael Gartenberg
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An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got up to 50% more powerful by squeezing light
By squeezing photons on the quantum level, the instrument ensures the particles produce fewer tiny …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A 'spooky' effect of physics that Einstein couldn't believe has been photographed for the first time
By the laws of physics, two particles can get entangled with a binary, yes-or-no-like property or s…
Dave Mosher
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After 10 years of trying, NASA finally bounced its first-ever laser beam off the lunar orbiter
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been bouncing lasers off the Moon sinc…
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NASA congratulates Indian scientists for discovering one of the farthest galaxies in the universe
The UVIT was the last of the satellite’s six payloads to come alive on 30 November 2015.…
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Scientists detected the brightest light in the universe for the first time, following a mysterious explosion in space
"It turns out we were missing approximately half of their energy budget until now," Konstancja Sata…