Scientists Produced a Particle of Light That Simultaneously Accessed 37 Different Dimensions

Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state ...

3D-Printed “Light Cages” Could Solve One of Quantum Networking’s Biggest Problems

A new chip-based quantum memory uses 3D-printed “light cages” to store light in atomic vapor with high precision. Quantum ...
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Telescope As Big As Earth Sees Shock Waves Around Binary Black Holes An Incredible 4 Billion Light-Years Away

In observations conducted between April 5 and April 10, 2017, the team looked at the relativistic jet produced by OJ 287, a ...
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Quantum structured light could transform secure communication and computing

Scientists are learning to engineer light in rich, multidimensional ways that dramatically increase how much information a ...
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Why Have We Never Measured The One-Way Speed Of Light?

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A Rogue Planet the Size of Saturn Detected 10,000 Light-Years From Earth

Thanks to an enormous stroke of luck and serendipitous timing, astronomers were able to calculate the mass and distance of a ...
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What is the speed of light? Here’s the history, discovery of the cosmic speed limit

The speed of light is a fundamental constant, approximately 299,792,458 meters per second. It's the same for all observers and hasn't changed measurably over billions of years. Nothing can travel ...