https://signalforge.news/ Independent science newsroom covering space, AI, and frontier research. en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:59:36 GMT 60 https://signalforge.news/articles/20260426-a48-study-finds-generative-llms-outperform-wer-and-semantic-baselines-for-asr-evaluation-on-hats-benchmark.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260426-a48-study-finds-generative-llms-outperform-wer-and-semantic-baselines-for-asr-evaluation-on-hats-benchmark.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:59:36 GMT The study finds decoder-style generative LLMs align more closely with human judgments on HATS pairwise ASR hypothesis selection than WER and prior embedding-based semantic metrics, while also supporting interpretable, meaning-focused. arXiv AI Core https://signalforge.news/articles/20260426-a47-falcon-heavy-to-launch-viasat-3-f3-communications-satellite-april-27-from-kennedy-space-center-after-18-month-gap.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260426-a47-falcon-heavy-to-launch-viasat-3-f3-communications-satellite-april-27-from-kennedy-space-center-after-18-month-gap.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:05:19 GMT SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is slated to return to flight after an 18‑month pause on April 27, carrying the large ViaSat‑3 F3 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center during an 85‑minute window opening at 10:21 a.m. EDT. Space.com https://signalforge.news/articles/20260423-a46-ska-data-reveal-dancing-jets-from-cannibalistic-cygnus-x-1-black-hole-radiating-with-power-of-10-000-suns.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260423-a46-ska-data-reveal-dancing-jets-from-cannibalistic-cygnus-x-1-black-hole-radiating-with-power-of-10-000-suns.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:48:52 GMT SKA radio data show Cygnus X-1’s “dancing” jets, powered by a black hole stripping a blue supergiant companion, radiate energy comparable to 10,000 suns, giving the system a quantified jet energy budget. Space.com https://signalforge.news/articles/20260414-a45-arxiv-study-uses-physics-simulators-and-reinforcement-learning-to-tackle-olympiad-problems-beyond-qa-trained-deepseek-r1.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260414-a45-arxiv-study-uses-physics-simulators-and-reinforcement-learning-to-tackle-olympiad-problems-beyond-qa-trained-deepseek-r1.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:17:32 GMT An arXiv preprint trains LLMs with reinforcement learning on physics simulators instead of internet QA, reporting zero-shot gains of 5–10 percentage points on International Physics Olympiad problems using only synthetic simulator data. arXiv AI Core https://signalforge.news/articles/20260411-a44-nasa-s-artemis-ii-orion-spacecraft-splashes-down-in-pacific-after-nearly-10-day-crewed-mission.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260411-a44-nasa-s-artemis-ii-orion-spacecraft-splashes-down-in-pacific-after-nearly-10-day-crewed-mission.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:20:53 GMT NASA’s Orion capsule completed the nearly 10-day Artemis II crewed mission with a Pacific Ocean splashdown on April 10, 2026, after setting a new distance record for human spaceflight and imaging previously unseen lunar terrain. NASA Breaking News https://signalforge.news/articles/20260410-a43-tim-palmer-preprint-proposes-rational-quantum-mechanics-with-gravitationally-discretised-hilbert-space-and.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260410-a43-tim-palmer-preprint-proposes-rational-quantum-mechanics-with-gravitationally-discretised-hilbert-space-and.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:26:39 GMT Tim Palmer’s RaQM preprint replaces continuum Hilbert space with a gravitationally discretised, number‑theoretic structure, using rationality constraints on cosines to encode quantum indivisibility, holism, and Bell‑type correlations. Manual Imports (Technical) https://signalforge.news/articles/20260410-a41-arxiv-preprint-probes-how-large-language-models-acquire-skills-during-pretraining-beyond-validation-loss-scaling-laws.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260410-a41-arxiv-preprint-probes-how-large-language-models-acquire-skills-during-pretraining-beyond-validation-loss-scaling-laws.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:26:05 GMT An arXiv preprint introduces the Implicit Curriculum Hypothesis, arguing that LLMs acquire retrieval, morphology, coreference, logic, and math skills in a structured, compositional order not captured by loss-only scaling laws. arXiv AI Core https://signalforge.news/articles/20260407-a40-artemis-2-crew-completes-record-breaking-lunar-loop-capturing-first-human-views-of-unexplored-moon-regions.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260407-a40-artemis-2-crew-completes-record-breaking-lunar-loop-capturing-first-human-views-of-unexplored-moon-regions.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:08:49 GMT NASA’s Artemis 2 crew completed a nearly seven-hour far-side lunar loop on April 6, setting a new human distance record at 248,655 miles from Earth and capturing first direct views of previously unseen lunar regions. Space.com https://signalforge.news/articles/20260403-a39-artemis-ii-orion-performs-translunar-injection-first-crewed-departure-from-earth-orbit-since-1972-apollo-17.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260403-a39-artemis-ii-orion-performs-translunar-injection-first-crewed-departure-from-earth-orbit-since-1972-apollo-17.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:52:47 GMT Orion’s six-minute service module burn has pushed astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen out of Earth orbit on a 10-day lunar flyby, marking the first human departure from Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in. NASA Breaking News https://signalforge.news/articles/20260403-a38-artemis-ii-launches-sls-and-orion-sending-four-astronauts-on-10-day-lunar-flyby-mission.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260403-a38-artemis-ii-launches-sls-and-orion-sending-four-astronauts-on-10-day-lunar-flyby-mission.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:13:27 GMT NASA’s SLS rocket launched Orion on April 1, 2026, sending astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy on an approximately 10-day lunar flyby to test deep space systems for future Moon landings. NASA Breaking News https://signalforge.news/articles/20260321-a11-nasa-s-project-hail-mary-film-premiere-convergence-of-real-life-space-exploration-and-science-fiction.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260321-a11-nasa-s-project-hail-mary-film-premiere-convergence-of-real-life-space-exploration-and-science-fiction.html Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:53:42 GMT As NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis program, the fictional film “Project Hail Mary” premiere will take audiences on a journey into deep space. The agency provided guidance throughout filming and is participating in activities related to the release of the film to c NASA Breaking News https://signalforge.news/articles/20260320-a10-nasa-simulations-improve-artemis-ii-launch-environment.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260320-a10-nasa-simulations-improve-artemis-ii-launch-environment.html Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:57:46 GMT To better understand the Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's flight environment, engineers turned to a NASA-developed tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework. The software addresses computational fluid dynamics, the flow behavior of gases and liquids. NASA Breaking News https://signalforge.news/articles/20260319-a6-comet-c-2025-k1-atlas-breaks-apart.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260319-a6-comet-c-2025-k1-atlas-breaks-apart.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:16:18 GMT Astronomers have discovered that Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has broken apart into at least four pieces. This event was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on November 10, 2025. NASA Goddard https://signalforge.news/articles/20260318-a2-nasa-s-artemis-ii-mission-requires-continuous-sun-monitoring.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260318-a2-nasa-s-artemis-ii-mission-requires-continuous-sun-monitoring.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:29:02 GMT As four astronauts travel around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth's protective magnetic field. The crew's spacecraft, Orion, serves as the main protection against the Sun's intense power. NASA Ames https://signalforge.news/articles/20260318-a1-nasa-s-artemis-mission-gets-boost-from-armstrong-center-innovations.html https://signalforge.news/articles/20260318-a1-nasa-s-artemis-mission-gets-boost-from-armstrong-center-innovations.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:05:24 GMT The success of NASA's Artemis mission relies on collaboration and expertise from various centers, including the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA Armstrong