An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from...
Melting an ice cube takes 3.34 x 105 joules per kilogram. So a single ice cube with a mass of...
Beyond DESI, a slew of new instruments are coming online in the coming years, including the 8.4-meter Vera Rubin Observatory...
“How are matter and energy distributed?” asked Peter Schweitzer, a theoretical physicist at the University of Connecticut. “We don’t know.”Schweitzer...
Just because you see something done in a movie, that doesn't mean you should try it yourself. Take, for example,...
If you live in the US and missed the last total solar eclipse in 2017, good news! You're about to...
A fingerprinting technique similar to MRI scanning is finally revealing what makes the ultimate gin. Will it be a blessing...
But there may be opportunities to indirectly spot the signatures of those gravitons.One strategy Vafa and his collaborators are pursuing...
Wouldn't it be cool if you never had to charge your cell phone? I'm sure that's what a lot of...
But the solar system contains more than two masses. In fact, it started as a big cloud of dust without...