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Topics and developments in science and medicine, presented by Futurism.
What if we travel at the speed of light?
Imagine strapping yourself into a spaceship, its engines thrumming with power, and leaving Earth behind. You accelerate, faster and faster, slicing through the void of space. What would the universe look like if you approached the speed of light? How would reality warp before your eyes?
By Sakuni Bandaraabout a month ago in Futurism
The day the Sun dies...
Control Tower: “Horizon, this is Mission Control. Final systems check complete. Countdown begins in “10…” The cabin thrummed beneath our boots. My heart matched the rhythm of the engines, deep and steady, like a giant taking long breaths.
By Sakuni Bandaraabout a month ago in Futurism
Astronomers Discover an Ultra-Rare Binary: Two Red Giant Stars on the Brink of Collision
Astronomers have announced a discovery that is already being called one of the most extraordinary stellar findings of the decade: a binary system made of two enormous red giant stars so close to each other that their bloated atmospheres are practically brushing together. Systems like this are so rare that many astrophysicists doubted they could survive long enough to be observed at all. Yet this newly identified pair is not only real—it is entering a catastrophic final phase that could end in a spectacular merger.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
New Interstellar Molecules Discovered — A Breakthrough in the Chemistry of Life
Across the vast darkness between the stars, where temperatures drop to just a few degrees above absolute zero, an unexpected kind of cosmic creativity is unfolding. Astronomers have announced the discovery of several previously unknown interstellar molecules hiding inside dense molecular clouds — the very regions where new stars and planets are born. What makes this discovery particularly compelling is that these molecules play a crucial role in prebiotic chemistry, the set of chemical processes that precede the emergence of life.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
Heterogeneous Chiplets & Hybrid Bonding: The Modular Revolution Behind the Next Generation of Computing
Intro For decades, the entire semiconductor industry ran on a simple rule: shrink the transistor, shrink the chip, get more performance. Moore’s Law wasn’t just a prediction — it was a culture. Engineers believed that if you could just make everything smaller and put more on a single piece of silicon, the computer would keep getting better, faster, cheaper.
By Sebastian De Limaabout a month ago in Futurism
A New Class of Supernovae Discovered: Explosions That Do Not Destroy Their Stars
Astronomers have just announced a discovery that reshapes one of the most fundamental ideas in stellar astrophysics. For decades, a “supernova” meant one thing: the violent death of a star. It was the final, catastrophic event in a massive star’s life cycle—a colossal explosion so intense that, for a few weeks, it can outshine an entire galaxy. Afterward, the star is gone forever, replaced by a neutron star, a black hole, or a rapidly expanding cloud of debris.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
Scientists Spot a “Falling Star” for the First Time — A Stellar Body Collapsing Under Its Own Gravity
Every so often, astronomy delivers a discovery that forces us to rethink what we know about stellar evolution. This time, researchers have identified an extraordinary object they refer to as a “falling star.” It is not falling through space, nor plunging toward another body. Instead, it is collapsing inward — pulled relentlessly by its own gravity. For the first time in history, astronomers have managed to observe a star in the rare, almost impossible-to-catch stage of self-destruction.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
A New Image of Black Hole Magnetic Fields Reveals a Stunning, Ultra-Detailed Structure
For decades, black holes have represented the ultimate frontier of observational astronomy: regions so extreme that even light cannot escape, where physics bends into unfamiliar shapes and our best theories are pushed to their absolute limits. Yet each year, astronomers take one step closer to transforming the unseeable into the observable. The latest achievement is nothing short of astonishing: scientists have produced the most detailed image ever made of the magnetic fields swirling around a supermassive black hole.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
The First Evidence of “Pulsating” Emission from a Black Hole’s Accretion Disk
For decades, astronomers have observed mysterious flickers, flares, and quasi-periodic oscillations coming from black hole systems. These rhythmic bursts of radiation—especially in X-rays—have inspired hundreds of theories but offered few firm answers. Were they turbulence? Magnetic reconnection? Random instabilities? Or something deeper, tied to the very structure of spacetime near a black hole?
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
The Light-Speed AI Revolution: How Photonic Chips Could Make Smart Devices Faster and Cooler
Intro / Lede Imagine your phone running a powerful AI model without draining battery, or a tiny gadget that recognizes voice, images and learns on the fly — all while consuming a fraction of today’s power. That’s the real promise behind photonic AI chips: using light (photons) instead of electrons to do the heavy math. If industry and labs turn promise into products, the way we build and use AI could flip fast.
By Sebastian De Limaabout a month ago in Futurism
A New Idea Takes Shape: Dark Matter Might Be Superfluid — and Early Observations Are Starting to Hint at It
Every so often, astronomy produces a theory that feels almost too bold to take seriously at first glance. Yet these are precisely the ideas that sometimes transform our understanding of the Universe. One such proposal is now regaining momentum: dark matter, the mysterious substance shaping galaxies and cosmic structures, might not behave like a vast cloud of cold, inert particles after all. Instead, it could enter a superfluid state under the right conditions.
By Holianyk Ihorabout a month ago in Futurism
