How to understand wormholes and their weird quantum effects
6 March 2023
Classical relativity suggests that nothing could pass through a wormhole and exit, but quantum effects change that, says space reporter Leah Crane
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Moonfall review: Finally an apocalypse movie that’s fun to watch
4 February 2022
Moonfall is a disaster movie that starts slow, but when it gets going it is packed with action, incredible special effects and spooky tentacles emerging from a lunar crater. Despite the subject matter, the film succeeds in taking itself fairly seriously
Quantum leaps are real – and now we can control them
3 June 2019
Quantum leaps are generally assumed to be instantaneous, but researchers have figured out how to intercept them midway, which may be useful in quantum computing
Gravitational waves from black hole pairs could act like tractor beams
17 October 2018
When two black holes orbit one another, they create a swirling vortex of gravitational waves that could trap any nearby objects like a sci-fi tractor beam
Third lander arrives on asteroid Ryugu with only 16 hours to live
3 October 2018
Japan has just dropped off its third lander on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. It has less than a day to complete its mission before its batteries run out
Japanese space hoppers reveal glorious sci-fi vision of asteroid Ryugu
24 September 2018
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has released its two small MINERVA-II rovers on to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, and the pair have sent back some amazing images
Three photons stick together to create a new form of light
15 February 2018
Photons don’t normally make friends, but now three have been bound together into a brand-new form of light by tricking them into acting like atoms
3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time
24 January 2018
By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air
