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North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude
North Korea reportedly reached space on Wednesday with its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched in nearly a year.The ICBM's launch on Oct. 30, just days before the U.S. federal election on Nov. 5,...
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The State of Massachusetts is Launching a New Quantum Computing Complex with a total of $16 Million in Cash and In-Kind Funding
A Quantum Computing Complex located at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center...
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My favorite rocket scientist | Quantum Frontiers
Whenever someone protests, “I’m not a rocket scientist,” I think of my friend Jamie Rankin. Jamie is a researcher at Princeton University, and she showed me her lab this June. When I first met...
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Happy Dark Matter Day! Meet the usual — and unusual — suspects in this cosmic mystery
Though Halloween will undoubtedly take the spotlight today, there's another spooky event worth celebrating. Thursday (Oct. 31) marks this year's Dark Matter Day as well, a time during which scientists celebrate the hunt for...
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos)
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast this afternoon (Oct. 30).A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force...
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Bursts of embers play outsized role in wildfire spread, say physicists – Physics World
Bursts of embers play outsized role in wildfire spread, say physicists – Physics World
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Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot can now ‘play fetch’ — thanks to MIT breakthrough
Dog-like robots could one day learn to play fetch, thanks to a blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision helping them zero in on objects.In a new study published Oct.10 in the journal...
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Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?
It appears that China has moved up its agenda for bringing Mars samples to Earth, and aims to do so before the U.S. achieves this same goal.NASA's Mars sample return plan, a joint effort...