Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...

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A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

A newly detected cosmic explosion, EP240408a, could be the result of a white dwarf's death, creating a high-speed jet. It ...

Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

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The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

By blending digital control with analog simulations, scientists have created a powerful new quantum simulator that pushes ...

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