The universe is full of fascinating structures, and some of the most striking take shape inside the giant clouds where stars ...

At hypersonic speeds, complexities occur when the gases interact with the surface of the vehicle, such as boundary layers and shock waves. Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The ...

Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings occurs between two orbiting black holes, formed after their massive ...

WASHINGTON , April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School today jointly ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught a glimpse of shock waves rippling along strands of the cosmic web — the enormous tangle of galaxies, gas and dark matter that fills the observable universe.

Shock metamorphism records the transient, extreme pressures and temperatures generated by hypervelocity impacts. It bridges microscale deformation ...