Qubit Teleportation Paves the Way for Galaxy-Spanning Communications
As you approach the orbit of your new home planet, Gliese 667CC (opens in new tab), you realize you made a terrible, terrible mistake: you didn’t download the latest firmware update for your ships’ communication protocols. While this would be a secondary concern around Earth’s orbit, where the servers holding the installable package reside and radio communications are speedy enough (opens in new tab) to make do, things are different when you’re 22 light-years away from humanity’s cradle. There’s no way for you to…