Crucial connection for 'quantum internet' made for the first time

X-Ray Eyes Reveal Hidden Winds of Sun-Like Stars for the First Time

An astronomy club in French Guiana is keeping the memory of Jean Richer alive. In 1672 Richter spent weeks in the Amazon rainforest, staring at the night sky, sending reports to his partner in Paris — Giovanni Cassini — who used Richter's work to estimate the distance to the sun for the first time.

Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first time