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Alex Wilkins

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Putting data centres in space isn’t going to happen any time soon

Starcloud wants to build a data centre satellite that is 4 kilometres…

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Saturn’s rings form a giant dusty doughnut encircling the planet

Saturn and its rings, captured by the Cassini spacecraftNASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Specks…

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Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life

Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known visitor to our solar system…

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AI can influence voters’ minds. What does that mean for democracy?

AI chatbots may have the power to influence voters’ opinionsEnrique Shore /…

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Why Google’s custom AI chips are shaking up the tech industry

Ironwood is Google’s latest tensor processing unit Nvidia’s position as the dominant…

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We might have just seen the first hints of dark matter

Mysterious radiation from the outer part of the Milky Way could be…

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Caves carved by water on Mars may hold signs of past life

Channels, pits and caves in the Hebrus Valles on Mars may have…

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Quantum computers reveal that the wave function is a real thing

The wave function of a quantum object may not just be a…

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Nobel prize for physics goes to trio behind quantum computing chips

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share the 2025 Nobel prize…

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We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps

An 1849 engraving depicting a will-o’-the-wispSSPL/Getty Images Bubbles merging in water can…

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