Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes ...

Measured against that, the Kakeya conjecture – a problem stemming from a 1917 thought experiment by Japanese mathematician ...

The math of why it’s so hard to build a spherical Death Star in space In his book Math with Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin connects abstract math with reality.

A Vanderbilt professor argued that math education is a "white and cisheteropatriarchal space" and "limits" Queer, Trans and students of color at a mathematician meeting in Boston.

WASHINGTON — The Space Force is eyeing innovative in-orbit refueling technology, but a key question lingers: is it worth the cost, especially when the military is considering a shift towards ...

The chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, told lawmakers at a recent hearing that the service is struggling with the math on satellite refueling. And we can’t ...

These women have made significant contributions to space programs, medical advancements, health science, research science, and mathematics. Their work has helped to improve the lives of people all ...

In doing so, he captures the invigorating atmosphere of mathematics surrounding Noether in her time. The daughter of a university math professor, Noether was born in Germany in 1882.

According to new research published June 22 in the journal Nature Astronomy, the newly proposed method turns the edge of space and time into a vast cosmic lab to investigate if general relativity ...