Voyager 1 has no engine running. The 38,000-mile-per-hour speed it has held since its Saturn flyby in 1980 is borrowed momentum from planets it grazed more than four decades ago, and that free ride carries it to one light-day from Earth this November

Physicists Just Turned a Black Hole Energy Theory Into Reality

Physicists have successfully recreated a black hole energy extraction theory using a tabletop electronic circuit.

Plants that make real dairy protein? Scientists discover an unexpected shortcut

Scientists have discovered a biotechnology shortcut allowing plants to produce real bovine casein, a key dairy protein, without the use of cows.

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered the mechanisms supermassive black holes use to feed themselves.

The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold

Physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material of its kind using atoms of gold.