EU official calls for consolidation among Europe’s quantum startups
The EU’s forthcoming Quantum Act will not come with a dedicated budget. “The act is not about budget,” said Thomas Skordas, deputy director-general of the E...
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APOD: 2026 September 7 – The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 7 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture o...
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is Shockingly Good at Almost Everything
Early testers spent OpenAI's launch weekend pushing Astra through 3D cities, playable games, Bach chorales and research papers.
xAI Loses Legal Battle Against Minnesota Nudification Law, War Rages on
The AI division of SpaceX has a long legal fight ahead over nonconsensual sexual images.
James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy's rarest stars inside the 'Treasure Chest' globule — Space photo of the week
A dazzling new James Webb Space Telescope image reveals about 70 newborn stars buried inside a strangely shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula.
A mysterious signal around Earth could be dark matter
Scientists used Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere as a planet-sized detector to search for some of the lightest proposed forms of dark matter. The approa...
What to expect during DigiCert’s World Quantum Readiness Day event: Join theCUBE Sept. 17
Most enterprises now have post-quantum cryptography initiatives underway. The problem is that very few have implemented quantum-safe protections across their...
Saturn just sprouted a bizarre decagon-shaped cloud pattern
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discover a strange 10-sided atmospheric wave pattern around Saturn's south pole.
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Quantum oscillations defy expectations in this exotic material
Scientists have uncovered an unusual form of electron behavior in zirconium pentatelluride, a quantum material that can act as both an insulator and a conduc...
APOD: 2026 September 5 – Chasing the Moon’s Shadow
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 5 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of th...
G7 Warns Quantum Threat Demands Action as Crypto Industry Weighs Fixes
The group is urging organizations to adopt post-quantum security before powerful computers can compromise today’s encryption and digital signatures.
NASA Ames Fire Department Aircraft Firefighting Training
The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will perform training on the Moffett Federal Airfield beginning Tuesday, Se...
QuFi launches post-quantum verification platform with Bitcoin testnet proof
QuFi’s new platform uses post-quantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks.
NASA Hosts Virtual Artemis Webinar for Blind, Low-Vision Community
NASA will host a virtual webinar at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 2, titled “The RS-25 Engine and the Future of Artemis Missions: An Accessible Webinar for the ...
Dying radio galaxies fade faster than scientists expected
Astronomers have identified a surprisingly young population of fading radio galaxies whose supermassive black holes have already switched off their powerful ...
'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole...
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Dark matter detector finds a strange signal scientists can’t yet explain
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that looks unusually difficult to explain as ordinary background noise and appeared where ...
Scientists reveal the hidden instructions that build the human brain
UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, stem cells responsible for prod...
APOD: 2026 September 4 – Na Uhane Mahoe Huki Pu i ke Ola
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 4 – Na… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of...
Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn's south pole
The Hubble Space Telescope spied a large atmospheric phenomenon on Saturn: a decagon surrounding the south pole.
'There is no conflict between quantum physics and gravity': Physicists prove Einstein's 'happiest thought' holds true at quantum scales
Physicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at quantum scales.
10 Shows Like 'Dark Matter' You Should Watch Next
More high-concept sci-fi shows that play around with space and time.
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s...
'The apple you eat isn't the apple your granddaughter will eat': What's on the menu in a warming world?
Almost every aspect of our food system will be transformed by climate change.
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Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe
Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool
Microsoft AI’s MAI-Transcribe-2 undercuts OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs on price and speed
Microsoft AI on Thursday released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech-recognition model the company says is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than anything OpenAI, G...
Scientists Have Found the Most Convincing Evidence Yet of a Dark Matter Particle
An underground detector recorded a strange interaction pointing to a particle with some properties that signify dark matter. The detection is small but promi...
Powerful compact pump also illuminates your campsite
When it comes to outdoor gear, there are quite a few requirements: it needs to be compact, lightweight, and preferably combine a few functions. This is how d...
Bitcoin May Already be Resistant to Quantum Computing Attacks
With the first quantum-resistant transaction mined, Bitcoin users get glimpse at the future of quantum-hardened transactions.
Nancy Grace Roman: Everything You Need to Know About NASA's Newly Launched $4 Billion Space Telescope
Now that NASA has successfully put it into space, the telescope will hunt for distant planets and attempt to map the "dark universe."