Cosmic eruption caught in the act by submillimeter array's new fastest response system

On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea crossed an important threshold for time-domain astronomy. For the ...

The largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of the universe

The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swathes of ...
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Drone-mounted camera can detect plastic landmines without an internet connection

Today's antipersonnel land mines are small and often have plastic casings that standard metal detectors cannot register.
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Solar storms may be protecting Earth from even the strongest of cosmic rays

The discovery could transform how researchers monitor and forecast solar storms that have harmful effects on satellites, ...
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Antenna array could provide protected tactical satellite communications in low-Earth orbit

Preventing adversaries from interfering with communications is crucial to national security. Tactical satellite ...
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AFIT doctoral student builds custom 3D printer to produce radiation detectors for USAF

Chandler Moore, a doctoral student at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), part of Air University, led the institute ...
Quanta Magazine

How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino

Raymond Davis Jr. is dwarfed by the giant tank used by the Homestake detector in South Dakota, which first detected solar ...