Journey into the strange world of temporal physics where matter moves forever without energy input! In 2010, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek was preparing what he assumed would be a routine lecture on space-time symmetries when he had an accidental epiphany that would break the laws of physics—or at least make them very uncomfortable.
Next Week: Project West Ford: The Day the U.S. Tried to Fill Space with Needles.
Welcome to the cosmic catastrophe that makes your worst IT project look like a masterpiece of restraint and fiscal responsibility. In this episode, we explore how America’s response to nuclear communication blackouts involved the most expensive space jewelry in history—480 million precisely-cut copper needles deployed using mothball technology to create Earth’s first artificial ionosphere.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, equipped with its 3,200‑megapixel camera, released its first “first light” images, showcasing the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas along with parts of the Virgo Cluster. In just 10 hours, it detected over 2,100 previously unknown asteroids—kicking off what promises to be a decade‑long survey of dark matter, dark energy, and our solar system.
Read ArticleThe NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory unveiled ultra-wide “movie” views of the cosmos from Chile, confirming its goal to image the Southern sky every three nights for ten years—enabling new discoveries across planets, supernovae, and dynamic cosmic events.
Read ArticleIBM has installed its Heron‑based quantum system at Japan’s RIKEN Center, marking the company’s first overseas deployment. This hybrid system, colocated with the Fugaku supercomputer, is a big leap forward in the journey toward useful quantum computing.
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