The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?

New Scientist - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 10:00am
Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud in 2028, which will require a real leap in engineering
Categories: Astronomy

We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem

New Scientist - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 5:00am
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says columnist Leah Crane
Categories: Astronomy