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Quantum entanglement is love

Continuing the theme of the microcosm - last year The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the future quantum internet. This is the name of the communication networks through which not just electrons or photons travel, but electrons and photons that preserve their quantum states. The main thing that the transmission of quantum states provides (at least theoretically) is the fundamental impossibility of eavesdropping or changing the message, that is, the absolute security of communication. Quantum entanglement is described as a connection between photons that...

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The Quantum World and the Attosecond Laser

And now let's dive into the amazing world of quantum physics. Recently, three scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the so-called photographs of the process of separation of one electron from an atom using an attosecond laser! I did not check it myself, but there is an opinion that this technology will be able to speed up existing computers by a hundred thousand times! And here we will be able to come close to modeling reality as in the matrix - that is, create our own virtual universe (hopefully there will be wine in it). So let's hold on - soon everyone...

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The ring of fire – lunar eclipse

Despite the war in Ukraine and already in Israel, this Saturday America (unfortunately only there) will be visited by a stunning astronomical spectacle - an annular eclipse, during which the Moon crosses the Sun and leaves a "ring of fire" around it. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is too far from the Earth and does not cover the entire disk of the Sun. As stunning as the ring of fire is, it's also a preparation for next year's Great North American Eclipse — a total eclipse on April 8, 2024 that will cover Mexico, the United States and Canada. I wish...

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two Jupiters – two destinies

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered "planets" the size of Jupiter that move freely in space and are not gravitationally bound to any star. Scientists were especially surprised that these objects apparently move in pairs. According to one version, the planets formed in that part of the Orion nebula, where the density of matter was insufficient for the formation of full-fledged stars. And if you imagine that girls live on one planet, and boys live on another, and all this happens in the dark (because there is no Sun nearby).. Cybernetics engineers begin to...

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The Witch’s Head Nebula – meditation and the stars

Continuing the theme of winds, ships and the lively twinkling of the Universe - I want to show you - the Witch's Head Nebula (IC 2118) - a reflection nebula in the constellation Eridanus, which is located at a distance of about 900 light years from us. In this image, the witch's face looks up at the bright star Rigel (Beta Orion [β]) just beyond. It took 11 hours and 40 minutes to collect light from these stars in a telescope to capture this image of deep space. And now, closing your eyes, begin to breathe more slowly, and imagine yourself as this world traveling...

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Morning Star Mission and Living Venus

Today there are shellings in Kharkiv, and the weather is getting more and more like October. However, there are places in our solar system with much harsher conditions of existence. Venus seems like the last place you would look for life. It has a very high temperature; a thick, foggy atmosphere shedding drops of sulfuric acid. Venus is often compared to the embodiment of hell, a landscape of fire and brimstone. However, scientists suggest that liquid droplets in the upper clouds of Venus could potentially form a place where microbial life forms thrive. Rocket...

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Solar System – Size Matters

A little about the eternal, ships and winds... You can imagine a scale model of the solar system in your room. At this scale, Jupiter would be 5 cm from the Sun. Keep moving, say, to the right and imagine the relative distances. Saturn would be 10 cm from the Sun, Uranus would be 19 cm from the Sun, and Neptune would be 30 cm from the Sun. Little old Pluto is usually about 40 cm from the Sun. However, on this scale, the physical diameter of the solar system is much larger. The outer edge of the Oort Cloud, a vast shell made up of perhaps a trillion comets, would...

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The OSIRIS-REx mission

The OSIRIS-REx mission launched from Cape Canaveral on September 8, 2016 in the direction of asteroid Bennu. On December 3, 2018, the probe reached Bennu, revealing that the dark asteroid is a primordial, rock-covered world, about 500 m in diameter. On September 24, the spacecraft's primary mission ended when it flew past Earth and dropped the largest set of samples ever returned from an asteroid. The intact rocks will become a scientific treasure, a window into the early solar system that may provide clues to the origin of water and life on Earth. Despite the...

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Black holes Astrohata

Astronomers have discovered that the closest black holes to Earth may exist in the Hyades star cluster. Observations from the Gaia satellite suggest that this nearby group of stars may have several black holes.

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New stars in the Universe and Astrohata

New images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show these powerful jets of stellar matter flaring up and flying in all directions from the poles of the young star. This cosmic phenomenon unfolds in the constellation Perseus, at a distance of approximately 1,000 light years from Earth. The jets fly out in opposite directions from the young luminary. The protostar, whose weight is only 8% of our Sun, resembles it in the past, when it was several tens of thousands of years ago. Astronomers believe that over time it will turn into a star similar to the...

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