Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful. When an asteroid strikes a planet, it …
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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve
While Netflix's "3 Body Problem" is a science-fiction show, its name comes from a real math problem that's puzzled scientists since the late 1600s. In physics, the three-body problem refers to the motion of three bodies trapped in each other's gravitational grip — like a three-star system. It might …