Beam Me Up, Scotty … Sort Of. Chinese Scientists ‘Teleport’ Photon To Space

Quantum satellite "Micius" flies past the quantum teleportation experiment platform in Tibet. Chinese scientists have announced they successfully "teleported" information on a photon from Earth to space, spanning a distance of more than 300 miles.

Chinese scientists have announced they pulled off a successful teleportation of a photon from Earth to space. But what does that really mean?

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