Physics and Astronomy News Archive: July 2021

Image: Harvard-led physicists take big step in race to quantum computing

Harvard-led physicists take big step in race to quantum computing

Source: Harvard   Posted: 7/15/21

Team develops simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created
Image: Update on the Expanding Universe Debate

Update on the Expanding Universe Debate

Source: uChicago   Posted: 7/13/21

New analysis by UChicago astronomer finds agreement with the standard model in ongoing Hubble tension.
Image: Astrophysicists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers

Astrophysicists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers

Source: Northwestern   Posted: 7/11/21

Mix pair is the elusive missing piece of the family picture of compact object mergers.