The spiral galaxy UGC 5460 has recently experienced two supernova explosions. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Jacobson-Galán, A. Filippenko, J. Mauerha) What is it: Spiral galaxy UGC 5460 Where is it located: 60 million light years away from us…
Aurora is the world's first photonic quantum computer, powered by individual processors connected via fiber optic cables. (Image credit: Xanadu/YouTube) Researchers have created a quantum computer that uses light to process information, opening the door to developing quantum systems that…
This illustration of a cat at the bottom of a bowl is one of the earliest known depictions of cats in China, dating back to 168 BC. Indications on the fur suggest that it is a leopard cat rather than…
(Image credit: Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images) The emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) – an AI system with greater intelligence than humans and capable of solving a variety of problems efficiently – is a matter of time, not probability, according to…
Is the myth that elephants deliberately die in 'graveyards' true? (Image credit: VEAM Visuals via Getty Images) According to legend, when an elephant realizes that its time is coming to an end, it returns to a certain place to leave…
(Image credit: Jack Hudson) You are holding two shrunken human brains, each dripping with formaldehyde. Look at one, then at the other. Can you tell which is female and which is male? You can't. Humans have been looking for sex…