From the coiling patterns of ferns to the Fibonacci sequence of pine cones, the mathematical order of nature is a soothing ...

After further trials, they managed to develop an antenna that was shaped like a flat spiral disk when cool, but it became a cone spiral when heated. Another piece of the puzzle was working out how ...

Budget cuts hitting U.S. government agencies like NASA don't seem promising for the Hubble Space Telescope, but there is ...

The best budget coffee makers produce flavorful and customizable brews. We tested 12 affordable coffee makers to find the ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

is incredibly active, consuming huge amounts of matter and leaving a messy trail of "scraps" strewn across space by fast winds. In the image above, these galactic winds can be seen as bright, ...

The spiral galaxy that makes up the penguin (NGC ... The jet is surrounded by a wider, cone-shaped envelope of dust and gas. Below that, a wide nebular haze is illuminated by light from the ...

A spiral staircase leads to nowhere not far from ... Crushed by geological forces, the skull was in terrible shape. In the fall, Nopcsa entered the University of Vienna and took the skull with ...

Astronomers using the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected supermassive black hole-driven winds in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4945 ... of material,” they said. “This ...

In a world of fast-food chains with their app-based ordering and automated everything, this humble roadside institution ...

The term "involute" refers to the shape of the ... the radius of the pitch cone's base. Bevel gears can be made with straight teeth, analogous to spur gears, and with the same disadvantage of sudden ...