A renovated, second-generation fusion reactor in England has achieved first plasma. This reactor and other fusion reactors have long-shot plans to produce energy as early as 2040. The new reactor ...

Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated that gas bubbles can exist in stable non-spherical shapes without the application of external force. The micron- to millimeter scale peapod-, ...

Earth's spherical shape is supported by centuries of scientific observation and evidence. A flat Earth model contradicts established physics and cannot explain observed phenomena. Lunar eclipses and ...

There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes. But astronomers recently spotted a mysteriously circular orb deep in the ...

When neutron stars collide, they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped almost like a perfect sphere. Although how this is possible is still a mystery, the ...

How far microplastics travel in the atmosphere depends crucially on particle shape, according to a recent study by scientists at the University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and ...

An asteroid orbiting the sun has surprised astronomers by turning out to be roughly spherical in shape – possibly qualifying it to be the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system, according to a ...

When neutron stars collide, the explosions they create are perfectly spherical, a new study finds. This contradicts previous theories surrounding the blasts, known as kilonovas, that suggest they ...

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels ...