Microsoft has introduced an analogue optical computer (AOC) that blends light-based computation with analogue electronics to ...

One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the ...

White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun.

The discovery could lead to the finding of more planets. Astrophysicists are marveling at the latest celestial discovery made near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Scientists have uncovered ...

These odd binary systems go through multiple phases. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have identified a new kind of ...

A binary star system, designated D9, has been discovered orbiting the Milky Way's supermassive black hole (SMBH), providing the first compelling evidence that previously enigmatic G objects are ...

🛍️ 100+ early Prime Day deals. Get shopping now. 🛍️ This unusual system 'shouldn't exist,' says one astronomer, who notes the orbit is as long as his daily commute. By Briley Lewis Published Aug 8, ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

Astronomers from Australia and Serbia have performed multi-band photometric observations of a binary star known as V717 ...

The nearest black hole to Earth isn’t a black hole at all. Instead, what scientists thought was a stellar triplet — two stars and a black hole — is actually a pair of stars caught in a unique stage of ...

Back in 2020, astronomers discovered an unusual star system just 1,000 light years from Earth. However, two different teams disagreed on the nature of the system, which was dubbed HR 6819. One team ...