A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

The discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

An application that simulates real-world activities using mathematics. Scientific applications turn real-world objects into mathematical models, and their actions are simulated by executing the ...

This progression led up to "failed star" brown dwarfs, or objects that form like stars, but have masses between the most massive planet we know of and the least massive star in our books.

The essays show how the study of scientific objects - including instruments and models - offers a window into cultures of scientific practice not afforded by textual sources alone. This title is also ...

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"Parallax is the difference that we see in the position of nearby objects relative to background objects because of a changing point of view," Jason Steffen, an associate professor of physics at ...