The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has turned a routine comet flyby into a genuine scientific puzzle, thanks to a remarkably ...

If you thought writing calculations to describe three-dimensional objects in math class was hard, consider doing the same for one with 248 dimensions. Mathematicians call such an object E8 (pronounced ...

In this paper, we present evidence that Misantla Totonac, a Totonac‐Tepehua language spoken in the vicinity of Misantla, Veracruz, in Mexico, is a symmetrical object language in the sense of Bresnan ...

While the holiday season typically draws our gaze toward festive lights on the ground, a rare celestial wanderer has been ...

The Abel Prize, generally considered the ‘Nobel’ of mathematics, has been won this year by two mathematicians whose work has helped to classify the building blocks of symmetry. John Griggs Thompson of ...

A new study finds the sedimentation of asymmetric objects in liquid is very different from that of symmetrical objects like spheres. The research may have practical applications in improving water ...

If symmetry is a sign of splendor, then the newly discovered Red Square nebula is one of the most beautiful objects in the universe. Seen in the infrared, the nebula resembles a giant, glowing red box ...

The human visual system exhibits a remarkable ability to decipher the three-dimensional structure of the world from two-dimensional retinal images. Central to this process is the utilisation of shape ...

Three symmetrical jets jutting out of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS are showing up in Hubble observations, puzzling astronomer ...