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

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 ...

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 ...

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