In the summer of 2021, the ghost of the Cold War unexpectedly reared its head on an unremarkable Chinese peninsula. A Long March rocket roared into space and released a hypersonic glide vehicle, a ...

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances – in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a ...

Historical observations of the Moon's motion, dating back to ancient civilizations, played a crucial role in the development of timekeeping and calendar systems. The Moon's orbital cycle can be ...

The small planet has a very peculiar orbital motion. The interactions between the two planets and their star can be likened to a rhythmic dance. "The small planet exhibits very unusual orbital ...

Once upon a time, we thought that our actions were too insignificant to impact something as large as the natural environment — that it wouldn’t be possible for fishermen to exhaust a fishery, that ...

Relay Orbital Hybridization Boosts Lithium–Oxygen Battery Catalysis. Schematic illustration of phosphorus-doped MnMoO₄ hollow nanospheres enabling “relay orbital hybridization.” Internal Mo–P orbital ...

Single-atom catalysts (SACs), with their excellent metal atom utilization and unique physicochemical properties, hold promise for broad applications, especially in heterogeneous catalysis and energy ...