SA Space & Physics Vol 3 Issue 6

Space & Physics

Volume 3, Issue 6

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Features

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50

Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the frontiers of cosmology

Nobel Prize Work Took Black Holes from Fantasy to Fact

Nobel Prize Work Took Black Holes from Fantasy to Fact

Over the past century, the existence of these invisible cosmic bodies has become unmistakable

Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology

Departments

From the Editor
Are We Real? And Other Questions of Physics
Opinion
How Andrea Ghez Won the Nobel for an Experiment Nobody Thought Would Work
The Quantum Butterfly Noneffect
In Memoriam: John D. Barrow
News
Google's Quantum Computer Achieves Chemistry Milestone
Water on Mars: Discovery of Three Buried Lakes Intrigues Scientists
Rogue Rocky Planet Found Adrift in the Milky Way
First Room-Temperature Superconductor Excites and Baffles Scientists
Identical Quantum Particles Pass Practicality Test
Want to Talk to Aliens? Try Changing the Technological Channel beyond Radio