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A more flexible future for quantum computing
Dynamic circuits open new paths to correcting errors in quantum computers.
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MOMENTS THAT CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING
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From Einstein's equations to interstellar exploration.
Explore the launches, experiments and observations behind the headlines. Dates identify the event, publication or announcement shown.
- Theory milestoneGeneral relativity takes shape
- Mission launchVoyager 2 launches; Voyager 1 follows in September
- ExplorationVoyager 1 crosses the heliopause
- DetectionLIGO detects gravitational waves
- ExplorationVoyager 2 reaches interstellar space
- Image releaseM87* black-hole image unveiled
- Mission launchJames Webb Space Telescope launches
- Science releaseWebb first science-image collection released
BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED
What about wormholes?
They are hypothetical spacetime structures, not confirmed discoveries. Explore what the models say and what a quantum experiment actually tested.
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Voyager: crossing the heliopause
1 / 4 — A probe travels outward from the Sun.
A schematic outward journey, not the actual trajectory, distances or travel times. The heliopause is the solar-wind boundary.
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PEER-REVIEWED
AI is learning the language of life
AlphaFold 3 brings proteins, DNA and other molecules into the same predictive picture.
MISSION EXPLAINER
An ocean world. A universe of questions.
Europa Clipper will investigate whether Jupiter’s icy moon could support life.
PEER-REVIEWED
Making quantum information more resilient
Willow demonstrates a key threshold in protecting quantum information from errors.
FOUNDATIONAL MILESTONE
Fusion ignition, and the road beyond it
What a landmark laboratory result really means for the pursuit of fusion energy.
PEER-REVIEWED
When a protein has more than one shape
Fold-switching proteins reveal why AI predictions still need a closer look.
PRACTICAL AI GUIDE
AI today, agents tomorrow: intelligence into action
Explore present capabilities, agent prompts, development ideas and the role AI could play in future advancement.
PEER-REVIEWED
Reading the regulatory signals in DNA
AlphaGenome predicts how DNA changes may affect the molecular processes that control genes.
FOUNDATIONAL PAPER
Giving AI a library it can consult
Retrieval-augmented generation combines document search with language generation.
PUBLISHED STANDARDS
Protecting data in a quantum future
NIST’s first three final post-quantum standards prepare classical systems for new threats.
OBSERVATIONAL RESULT
Reading an atmosphere through starlight
Webb’s observation of WASP-39 b demonstrates how spectra reveal a distant planet’s chemistry.
MISSION FOLLOW-UP
A small impact with a measurable effect
DART showed how a spacecraft collision can alter an asteroid moonlet’s orbit.
CLINICAL TRANSLATION
Gene editing moves from tool to treatment
Casgevy illustrates how CRISPR-edited blood stem cells can become a regulated therapy.
FOUNDATIONAL MILESTONE
Filling the gaps in the human genome
Long-read sequencing helped resolve regions that earlier reference genomes could not assemble.
RESEARCH EXPLAINER
Two solar layers, a broader slice of sunlight
Perovskite tandem cells pair light-absorbing materials to use more of the solar spectrum.
MATERIALS RESEARCH
A different ingredient for energy storage
Sodium-ion research explores abundant materials and the defects that shorten battery life.
EXPLORATION MILESTONE
Voyager: humanity reaches interstellar space
From the giant planets to the heliopause, two probes transformed our view of the outer Solar System.
OBSERVATORY MILESTONE
James Webb opens a new infrared window
A major observatory milestone connects early galaxies, stellar nurseries and exoplanet atmospheres.
TESTED PHYSICAL THEORY
Spacetime: when gravity becomes geometry
Einstein's general relativity changed how we describe gravity, motion and time.
HYPOTHETICAL / UNOBSERVED
Wormholes: a possibility in equations, not a discovery
What hypothetical spacetime shortcuts mean, and why quantum experiments have not built one.
OBSERVED DISCOVERY
LIGO hears the ripples of colliding black holes
The first direct gravitational-wave detection opened a new way to observe the universe.
OBSERVED DISCOVERY
The first image of a black hole's shadow
The Event Horizon Telescope connected observatories to reveal the environment around M87*.
EXPERIMENTALLY TESTED
Entanglement moves from puzzle to experiment
Bell-test experiments revealed quantum correlations beyond local hidden-variable explanations.
EXPERIMENTAL MILESTONE
Quantum teleportation transfers a state
A landmark photon experiment demonstrated state transfer, not the transportation of objects.
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