finally, real-world quantum use cases
Yesterday, we were excited to announce the Quantum+X Grand Research Challenge: Where quantum possibility becomes quantum reality. Thanks to our industry partners—including @bp_america, Citi, @mastercard, @moderna_tx, SLB, and @Visa for joining us to tackle real-world challenges in biotech, energy, and finance. Prize challenge launches later this year alongside even more industry partners—get ready! nsfquantumxchallenge.com/
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the tower model is getting challenged
We announced an agreement to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio that will pave the way for @Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US.
With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are → spacex.com/updates#starlink-…
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That blue ring is basically a collision scar
The galaxy pair Arp 143 once collided with each other, triggering the bright star formation in the right galaxy.
However, it hasn't escaped the gravitational clutches of the galaxy on the left, which causes the "triangle" shape of the blue ring of stars: go.nasa.gov/3TK5vYH

ALT A pair of galaxies undergoes an extreme gravitational transformation. On our left side of the frame is a ghostly galaxy with a pale white core and faint outer ring. On our right is a pale white sphere-shaped galaxy surrounded by a grainy neon blue cloud, flecked with purple dots. The cloud has a funnel-like shape, pointing toward its ghostly neighbor.
One step closer.
Shaken, spun, baked, and blasted!
A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of establishing @NASAMoonBase, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at JPL. 1/2

ALT Voyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 lunar lander is suspended in front of the open 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as technicians in clean-room garments guide and position the spacecraft. The large thermal vacuum chamber rises behind the lander, with an American flag hanging beside the entrance. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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not even touching
A pair of galaxies called NGC 6670 overlap in this Hubble image. They appear edge-on, and though they look very close to each other, the two galaxies' nuclei are actually 50,000 light-years apart!
NGC 6670 is ~400 million light-years away: go.nasa.gov/4ygu3GU
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x-ray binaries make galaxies feel way less serene
NGC 1385 glows with regions where stars are forming.
@ChandraXray data (magenta) highlights stellar nurseries and X-ray binaries, while Hubble's optical (white and gray) and @NASAWebb's infrared (orange and red) observations showcase the galaxy's dusty spiral structures.
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is a wait.
Today we shared an update on Neutron's development, including adjusting the schedule for flight one to 2027.
Full details: investors.rocketlabcorp.com/…
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when credibility becomes the product, the damage reaches far beyond the people who got fooled.
🔊 Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices
go.nature.com/4rY5jl5
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tiny fabrication magic
Nature research paper: Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux
go.nature.com/3WfjztR
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Space station debriefs are basically the closest thing to sci-fi behind-the-scenes
On Thursday, Oct. 15, the members of Crew-12 will hold a news conference to discuss their time and experiences aboard the @Space_Station and answer questions from the media. Get the details: go.nasa.gov/4yQwUr5
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hard to call it a “cycle” when entire communities pay the price
What disasters will El Niño bring over the next year? newscientist.com/article/259…
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Heat waves are becoming a mass-casualty risk, not a seasonal inconvenience.
El Niño heat could kill half a million people by February newscientist.com/article/259…
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sounds like my kind of physics book
Our verdict on Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time: a wild ride newscientist.com/article/259…
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orbit gets contested
Space Force expands use of commercial satellites to track electronic interference spacenews.com/space-force-ex…
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Beautifully cursed geometry
AI finds bafflingly complex but beautiful symmetrical Venn diagram newscientist.com/article/259…
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Brilliant mind, complicated life.
Book review 📚 Stephen Hawking biography explores an ‘exceptionally clear, uncluttered mind’
go.nature.com/3VE6D0p
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Fair pay, clearer safeguards, please
Freelance peer-review jobs through third-party companies raise practical and ethical questions.
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…























