Mathematicians have identified a new class of shapes that "tile space without using sharp corners." From bathroom floors to siding on buildings, it's common to cover areas without gaps by arranging ...

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" ...

The moonlets' weird shapes have puzzled astronomers, including John Wimarsson, a graduate student at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the new study's lead author. "We have never seen such ...

Not every strange place on Earth is easy to explain. Some are just weird enough to make you wonder if there’s more going on ...

Mathematicians have reinvented the wheel with the discovery of shapes that can roll smoothly when sandwiched between two surfaces, even in four, five or any higher number of spatial dimensions.

Vellutini's video was selected as winner as it captures "mesmerizing movement within the microscopic world that helps deepen our understanding of a process that shapes life itself," panel judge ...

DESI is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation's Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Pima County, Ariz.