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Phone: 91 - 44 - 4296 5454 E-mail: info@pod.com Web: www.pod.com CIN No.: L24294TN1995PLC030586 II GSTIN : 33AAACP5102D4Z4 CHENNAI - 26-AUGUST-2026 Rice-sized chip could Ancient stellar stream helps probe dark matter An ancient cluster of be attributed to dark stars slowly breaking matter. boost future 6G apart has created a Dark matter cannot faint, narrow stellar be observed directly stream that is giving because it does astronomers a new way not emit or reflect A microchip about the size of a antenna can convert these optical to study dark matter light. However, its grain of rice has demonstrated the frequencies into millimetre-wave beyond the Milky Way. gravitational influence ability to generate a highly organised signals. An international affects stars, galaxies “rainbow” of light, potentially Earlier research showed that research team, including paving the way for faster, higher- microcombs could generate a single and other visible Northwestern University capacity 6G communications and precise millimetre-wave frequency. objects. It is estimated astrophysicist Tjitske ultra-precise timing for quantum Producing multiple frequencies to account for about 85 Starkenburg, has technologies. simultaneously could be more per cent of all matter identified the first UnP ih vy es ri sc ii ts yt ,s wa ot rkL io nu gg h wbo itr ho ug ah n v pa ol tu ea nb til ae l, l ya s a ce ta c ah s f are nq u ie nn dc ey p enco du enld t “rainbow on a chip”. They also stellar stream of this kind observed years, the galaxy's gravitational in the universe. international research team, have communication channel. Achieving demonstrated that individual outside our galaxy. Astronomers pull can gradually strip stars from After identifying the stream, developed a system that produces this requires exceptional stability frequencies could be strengthened have long predicted that such the cluster. Rather than dispersing researchers conducted thousands a series of precisely spaced optical and signal quality. or weakened without sacrificing the structures should exist around randomly, the stars continue along of computer simulations, testing frequencies. These frequencies can In the latest study, the microcomb’s precision and stability other galaxies, but their extreme nearly the same orbital path, different properties of the globular then be converted into multiple Loughborough-led team developed after conversion into millimetre faintness has made them difficult forming a long, thin stream. cluster and possible distributions high-frequency electromagnetic a stable, high-quality microcomb waves. to detect. Such streams have been of dark matter. Models that best signals known as millimetre waves. capable of producing several The approach could eventually The newly identified stream observed in the Milky Way, matched the observed structure Millimetre waves are being precisely spaced millimetre-wave support 6G networks, while also surrounds the ultra-diffuse galaxy where astronomers have identified provided new estimates of the studied for future communications frequencies at the same time. finding applications in radar, UGC 9050-Dw1, located about dozens. Until now, however, no galaxy's total mass and its because they can provide greater The key innovation involves spectroscopy and astronomical 115 million light-years from comparable stream produced by a distribution. bandwidth, allowing networks how the microcomb is generated. instruments. Such systems could Earth. The discovery was made globular cluster had been detected The results indicate that UGC to carry substantially more data. Conventional systems direct laser help scientists make extremely using archival observations from in another galaxy. 9050-Dw1 contains a substantial However, generating such signals light into a tiny microresonator precise measurements and study NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The structure provides an amount of dark matter, consistent with the precision and stability built on a chip, where the light materials and the universe. The galaxy contains relatively few important tool for studying dark with earlier studies of ultra-diffuse required for advanced applications circulates. The new system connects Researchers cautioned that stars, providing a dark background matter. Since the stars in a stream has remained a major challenge. the chip-based microresonator to a practical applications remain some that helped researchers distinguish follow an orbit determined by the galaxies. The technology is based on a much larger loop of optical fibre. distance away. 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A specialised as a highly precise and stable a compact, portable form. host galaxies. Over billions of matter, the remaining mass can in galaxies beyond the Milky Way. New model deepens colour perception understanding OpenAI chief Sam warns AI can erode public control A century-old idea pro- and lightness do not arise this concept to colour perception in the cerned the neutral axis - the sequence posed by physicist Erwin from cultural or learned 1920s, developing a geometric frame- of greys extending from black to white. Schrödinger has received experiences. Instead, they work to describe hue, saturation and Schrödinger’s definitions depended on a major mathematical are embedded in the ge- lightness.His work has influenced colour OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has Altman has also highlighte [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]