The Cygnus Loop is one of the most spectacular examples of a veiled stellar corpse that is accessible to small telescopes. Its visible streamers form the filamentary remains of an unknown supergiant ...

Flurries of questions about mysterious triangle-shaped snowflakes may soon subside, thanks to new research on snowflake formation. Most snowflakes are hexagons because of the arrangement of hydrogen ...

Most multitools are rectangular, but why should that one shape get to have all the fun? The Ti-Scout packs eight tools into a unique triangular form factor, which spreads the functionality across two ...

A bird of prey flies through the skies of Europe and spots a snake on the ground below. Travelling at high speed and soaring at great height, it has mere seconds to decide if it should attack. If the ...