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For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

In a lab in Hangzhou, China, a small chip may have just passed one of the most difficult honesty tests in physics. The test ...

The next competitive moat in space is Earth-independent operations, putting artificial intelligence capabilities next to the data so assets can detect, predict and act without waiting for a downlink.

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Normal cellular processes in living things — from germinating plants to our own cells — create biophotons, though escaping light isn’t visible to us.