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After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

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Federal Astrophysicist and External Relations Lead at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the ...

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As more AI workloads are scaled into energy-intensive data centers, the pressure on power supply chains will intensify. Lenovo's Simone Larsson told CNBC there's going to be a "tipping point" where ...