An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever ...

Wator is a simulation based on a discrete model of predator-prey interaction. It was originally described by Alexander K. Dewdney in the Scientific American magazine. It simulates the hypothetical ...

A delivery ceremony has been held for the toroidal field magnet coil box - measuring 21 metres by 12 metres - at the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology in Hefei, China. (Image: ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

The planet is 100 times the size of earth, astronomers estimate. The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain life, ...

If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism. There has been ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

Optical Surfaces Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of top-quality toroidal mirrors for spectroscopic and imaging applications. Toroidal mirrors are aspheric mirrors where the curvature of orthogonal ...

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS Recently, a major breakthrough in the field of optical toroidal vortices has been achieved and published in ...

When you look up in the night sky, our moon is unmissable.Just like Earth, it's round and has a solid, rocky surface. But is our moon actually a planet? The answer is technically no — at least ...

When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists. Even many years later, some astronomers ...