A falling cat under normal Earth conditions can twist its body toward the ground and prepare to land on its feet. When American researchers placed cats aboard specially modified aircraft producing ...

Inside a plastic bag, a nine-bladed device sat on a foam stand, tethered to a force meter. The meter registered a push. No ...

It's already notoriously difficult trying to get eyedrops into your own eye – now, try to imagine doing so in the ...

Putting eyedrops into an eye is simple on Earth because gravity helps the liquid fall. In space, that everyday action becomes ...

Inspired by Andy Weir's book and film "Project Hail Mary," schools worldwide took part in the Space for Teachers Project Hail Mary Challenge, giving students a chance to design a rotating spacecraft ...

Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is now less than a year from reaching the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. And it has already made some ...

I released "Inside the Mind of Genius Newton 2" on October 16th. To those who have already read it, thank you very much.The 50% off (450 yen) launch promotion is available until today, Tuesday, ...

Phobos, it seems, is not long for this universe - at least on the large cosmic timescale. Astronomers have long known that ...

You can be moving at extraordinary speed and still feel completely stationary. The reason comes down to the difference between velocity and the changes in motion your body can actually detect.

I think you have probably played with collecting iron sand in a sandbox before.When you bring a magnet close, the black ...

New simulations reveal the one option left when warning time runs out—and it’s nuclear.