Fusion Reactors Might Create Dark Matter Particles, Physicists Show
Inside the JET tokamak, showing the vacuum vessel and superimposed plasma. (UKAEA, courtesy of EUROfusion)
Category: Research & Development
NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sun
Researchers and amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod kept track of 3I/ATLAS using GOES-19 weather satellite data. (Image credit: Image: CCOR-1/GOES-19/NOAA. Processed and annotated by Worachate Boonplod.)
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket’s record-breaking 31st flight (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 19, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX)
China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry
In a policy document released this month, China has signaled its ambition to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, the same technology that Elon Musk’s Neuralink and other US startups are developing. The document outlines China’s plan to create an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years, and proposes developing devices for both health and consumer uses.
Goodbye to 24-hour days—an astrophysicist warns that the Earth’s rotation is accelerating and we could experience the shortest day in history in a matter of weeks
Goodbye to 24-hour days—an astrophysicist warns that the Earth’s rotation is accelerating and we could experience the shortest day in history in a matter of weeks
Scientists achieve teleportation between quantum computers for the first time ever
The promise of quantum computing come with a hitch: the more qubits you load into a single machine, the harder they are to keep in line. Scientists have tried shielding, error correction, even stacking qubits on top of one another, yet stability keeps slipping through their fingers.
We Now Know What Switched The Lights on at The Dawn of Time
The field of view for Abell 2744. (NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe/Swinburne University of Technology, R. Bezanson/University of Pittsburgh, A. Pagan/STScI). We finally know what brought light to the dark and formless void of the early Universe.
Scientists link pupil dilation to the brain’s all-important ‘working memory’ levels
Two things often happen at the same time in a busy kitchen: plates clatter into the dishwasher and a mental note pops up that the soap dispenser is running low. The brain keeps both thoughts alive for a few seconds, steers the hands, and updates the grocery list. Researchers have spent decades mapping this mental scratchpad, but its quirks still surprise. The latest clue comes from the eyes.
Astronomers find evidence suggesting that our solar system has nine planets again
Our solar system once had nine planets, but things changed when Pluto lost its planetary status in 2006. Ever since, astronomers worldwide have hunted for signs that we might still have a ninth planet out there, hanging way beyond Neptune.
Farewell to the silence of space – Kosmos 482, the spacecraft forgotten for 53 years, returns to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry – the 495 kg Soviet capsule could land anywhere in the world between May 9 and May 13
For the past 53 years, a tough little Soviet spacecraft has been silently circling our planet, forgotten and mostly ignored. But now, Kosmos 482 is making a comeback, literally.