Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer with metal films led to the discovery of intricate spiral patterns etched ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

In ancient China, spring rains were called "as precious as oil" for their vital role in nature's spring revival. Today, a ...

Astronomers have discovered that our solar system traveled through a dense, star-forming region near Orion about 14 million ...

Lava from a Hawaii volcano shot into the sky Tuesday in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an ...

Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation reflects past changes in local and regional stress and ...

Somalia stands on the brink of collapse as corruption, misgovernance, and unrelenting insecurity ravage the nation. Under President Hassan ...

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Now, a new model suggests that the inner part of the Oort Cloud may have an unexpected structure resembling a spiral ... number of Oort Cloud objects over time. Another would be detecting their ...

To understand this phenomenon in detail, the UC San Diego team developed a technique called time-resolved vortex electron ... similar to how a tornado spirals. This spiral motion allows scientists ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse.