Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), collaborating with the Nagoya Institute of Technology and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has achieved a world-first demonstration using advanced error correction codes to mitigate atmospheric turbulence in ground-to-satellite laser communications. Atmospheric turbulence during ground-to-satellite laser links r

Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
altech researchers co-lead new study refining what we know about the ghostly particles Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled into existence in equal proportions. For example, negatively charged electrons were created in the same numbers as their antimatter siblings, positively charged positrons. When t

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
A novel imaging technique used for the first time on a ground-based telescope has helped a UCLA-led team of astronomers to achieve the sharpest-ever measurement of a star's surrounding disk, revealing previously unseen structure. The breakthrough opens a new way for astronomers to study fine details of a wide variety of astronomical objects and opens the door to new discoveries about the univers

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
For centuries, humans have sought to study the stars and celestial bodies, whether through observations made by naked eye or by telescopes on the ground and in space that can view the universe across nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Each view unlocks new information about the denizens of space - X-ray pulsars, gamma-ray bursts - but one is still missing: the low-frequency radio sky.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
Researchers in China have unveiled a previously unknown pattern in solar radio emissions, observed during a major flare on May 8, 2024. The discovery comes from observations made using the Chashan Broadband Solar Radio Spectrometer (CBSm), which records solar signals between 90 and 600 MHz. Scientists identified a series of bright, narrow bands drifting slowly down in frequency, each less than 1

Columbus OH (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
In a new analysis, physicists provide the most precise picture yet of how neutrinos change 'flavor' as they travel through the cosmos. Neutrinos are fundamental particles of the universe, but also some of the most elusive; They pass through everything and can be extremely difficult to detect. While many of their properties are mysterious, scientists know neutrinos come in three types: ele

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
A 19th-century hypothesis dismissed for decades is now illuminating one of physics' most perplexing mysteries: why our universe is made primarily of matter rather than antimatter. Researchers in Japan have proposed that knotted energy fields, or "cosmic knots", arising naturally in an expanded particle physics model, may have briefly dominated the early universe and tipped the balance in favor o

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
Meteorites are vital tools for investigating planetary formation and evolution, yet most are lost to atmospheric and geological processes on Earth. Carbonaceous Ivuna-type (CI) chondrites are particularly rare, representing less than one percent of terrestrial meteorite finds. The Moon, with its minimal atmosphere and geological activity, offers a unique preservation environment for such meteori

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2025
Chinese space authorities reached a new milestone this week as they tested a reusable rocket that they hope to use to join the United States, Japan and other nations in the bid for space dominance. On Monday, Chinese company LandSpace executed a static-fire test with its 217-foot-tall Zhuque-3 rocket launcher. The rocket is on the way to its inaugural test flight expected at some point