Earth Orbit Teleport

For the first time ever, a team of scientists from China have managed to successfully teleport a photon from the ground to a satellite in Earth’s orbit 311-miles away. This strange phenomenon occurs when two quantum objects, such as photons, share a wave function. Since they come into existence simultanously, they share the same identity, even when separated. This means whatever happens to one, happens to the other – wherever it exists. Continue reading for another video and more information.

“Long-distance teleportation has been recognized as a fundamental element in protocols such as large-scale quantum networks and distributed quantum computation. Previous teleportation experiments between distant locations were limited to a distance on the order of 100 kilometers, due to photon loss in optical fibers or terrestrial free-space channels,” the Chinese team told MIT Technology Review.

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