SPACE.com: Yesterday’s launch of South Korea’s Naro-1 rocket failed when the rocket’s second-stage solid-fuel booster exploded 137 seconds after liftoff. Based on the Russian Angara rocket, Naro-1 is designed to carry South Korean payloads into space. The launch attempt was the second for a Naro-1. The first attempt, which took place last August, also ended in failure.
An ultracold atomic gas can sync into a single quantum state. Researchers uncovered a speed limit for the process that has implications for quantum computing and the evolution of the early universe.
January 09, 2026 02:51 PM
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