"These ultra-low density planets are rare and they defy conventional understanding of how gas giants form, and if explaining how one formed wasn't difficult enough, this system has three!" ...

When you fold a flexible material such as a pancake or a tortilla, its behaviour depends on a competition between gravity and ...

A hazy, ultra-light “super-puff” planet, Kepler-51d, is hiding its secrets and challenging how scientists understand planet formation.

Kepler-51d is the coolest and least dense of the planets in this planetary system. “We think the three inner planets orbiting ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

A density column is created with honey, corn syrup, maple syrup, skim milk, dish soap, olive oil, and denatured alcohol. A colorful and fun science project! Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for ...

Ice fishing is a longstanding tradition in Nordic countries, with competitions proving especially popular. Those competitions can also tell scientists something about how social cues influence how we ...

Understand the energy density of electric and magnetic fields by exploring how energy is stored and distributed in electromagnetic fields. This video explains the underlying physics, key equations, ...

Scientists at a nuclear fusion reactor in China recently surmounted an important obstacle in operating reactor vessels at high density. They pushed plasma density 65% beyond a special threshold, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The plasma density barrier is a mathematical limit to the density of plasma that can exist in a tokamak before destabilizing. A new study led by a ...