Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a ...

How camera shutter speed and a Method race wheel combined to capture a perfect visualization of aerodynamic flow.

Never mind complaints about too-hard or too-easy puzzles — those quibbles pale in comparison to these PR flaps.

Some ships seem to wander from side to side, constantly needing rudder corrections, while others track straight for miles. This video explains how length to beam ratio, block coefficient, and hull ...

Cruise ships look top heavy, yet they remain stable even in strong wind and waves. This explains how centers of gravity and buoyancy shift as a ship moves, creating the restoring forces that keep ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop ...

Nearly invisible and deceptively thin, this ice is one of winter’s deadliest hazards. Here’s how it forms and why it causes ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...