The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

A study examines angular momentum constraints on the formation and orbital evolution of the Moon. Proposed scenarios for the Moon's formation typically involve a giant impact that would have left the ...

Solving the mystery behind how planets form has just gotten a new boost — and the photos supporting it are stunning. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has mapped the ...

Electric field-induced polarization switching underpins most functional applications of ferroelectric materials in information technology, materials science and optoelectronics. Recently, much ...