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What does it mean to be ‘quantum’? A physicist explains the basics behind Einstein’s spooky actions at a distance

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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

This artist’s rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars. NASA Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College After a yearslong series…

December 18, 2025