Weekly Resources - Oct 1st 2026
Above: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 18th Transporter rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
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Scientists have developed and experimentally demonstrated a long-sought method for identifying W states, an important form of multi-photon quantum entanglement. The technique could make complex entangled systems much easier to measure, opening new possibilities for quantum teleportation, communication, and computing.
In physics, even completely empty space is described as being full of quantum fields doing complicated things even when nothing else is there. So if empty space has these exotic properties, what sort of crazy stuff can we make it do? One prediction that’s been around for a while is that under extreme conditions, empty space can be sort of crystalized. And there’s good evidence that we’ve observed this for the first time.
Three NASA-supported small spacecraft launched at 11:32 a.m. PDT Thursday October 1st to demonstrate new propulsion technologies, study how galactic dust and high-energy radiation move through galaxies, and advance capabilities for inspecting inactive satellites.
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