IntroductionUnlike many astronomers, Erin Kara didn’t grow up star-struck. “I don’t have that story of being that little kid staring up at the stars...

IntroductionBy making maps of the magnetic fields hidden inside massive galaxy clusters, astronomers are getting closer to finding the origin of cosmic magnetism. “These are...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally approved the start of construction for its space-based...

Data scientist and artificial-intelligence researcher Azadeh Keivani talks to Tushna Commissariat about her journey from astronomy to healthcare, co-founding an educational non-profit...

IntroductionTo harbor life, at least as we know it, a planet must orbit a star that is relatively calm and stable. The planet’s orbit...

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By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 08 Jan 2024 Quantum News Briefs: January 8, 2023:  China’s 3rd-gen superconducting quantum computer goes...

Over the past few years I have spent more time in my native Canada, where...

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 10 Nov 2023 Quantum News Briefs, November 10th, 2023:  Researchers at the Neils Bohr Institute...

IntroductionWe often think of volcanoes as skyscraping marvels, but these portals to the geologic underworld also reside underwater. Unfortunately, submarine volcanoes are trickier to...

Moiya McTier describes her journey from academic research in astrophysics, to setting up her own science communication business As...

Marek Winczewski1,2, Tamoghna Das1,3, John H. Selby1, Karol Horodecki4,1, Paweł Horodecki1,5,6, Łukasz Pankowski7, Marco Piani8,9, and Ravishankar Ramanathan101International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies,...