In a study recently published in the journal Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists has demonstrated that a quantum computer can solve a problem that a classical computer cannot.

The problem in question is the Three-Body Problem, which is a classic physics problem that concerns the motion of three particles in space. The problem is notoriously difficult to solve, but the new study shows that a quantum computer can do it in just a few minutes.

Classical computers are unable to solve the Three-Body Problem because they cannot track the motion of all three particles at the same time. …