The Enūma Anu Enlil, a series of 70 clay tablets, was found in the ruins of King Ashurbanipal’s library in Nineveh (on the eastern bank of the River Tigris, opposite modern-day Mosul in Iraq). The ...

This image, created with data from the Cassini mission, shows where particles smaller than 5 centimeters are rare (purple) and common (green), and where particles smaller than 1 centimeter are common ...

In this Python astrophysics tutorial, I walk you through calculating the gravitational field produced by a ring of mass. Using numerical methods and Python libraries, we explore how to compute ...

When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described her as a "creative mathematical genius" who – despite "unselfish, significant work over a period of many years" – did not ...

It’s gorgeous, no doubt. The “Integer Ring” is a 1.5 carat VS2 G white diamond ring with three baguettes on one side and three small round diamonds on the other. But the personalization behind the ...

Last year, physicists showed how to undo the "coffee-ring effect," a commonplace occurrence when drops of liquid with suspended particles dry, leaving a ring-shaped stain at the drop's edges. Now the ...

Tamar Lichter Blanks received funding from the National Science Foundation through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. She is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass ...