SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon Endeavour, is pictured at sunset on Sunday, July 27, 2025. It will launch the Crew-11 mission, which is schedule to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 28, 7:14 p.m. EDT: Added NASA comment regarding aborted static fire. An …
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Scientists hit quantum computer error rate of 0.000015% — a world record achievement that could lead to smaller and faster machines
Scientists have achieved the lowest quantum computing error rate ever recorded — an important step in solving the fundamental challenges on the way to practical, utility-scale quantum computers. In research published June 12 in the journal APS Physical Review Letters, the scientists demonstrated a quantum error rate of 0.000015%, which equates to one error per 6.7 million operations. This achievement …
Read More »Trapped by moon dust: The physics error that fooled NASA for years
When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained …
Read More »Marquez error creates German GP sprint epic
Marc Marquez became a MotoGP race winner again at the Sachsenring in an enthralling 2025 German Grand Prix sprint. It was the first time a MotoGP sprint ended without a Marquez 1-2 in 2025 and for a long time it looked like it’d be Marc’s second sprint defeat of the season – but a remarkable, occasionally reckless comeback meant he …
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