An object viewed from different angles can be recognized and distinguished from similar distractors after the viewer has had experience watching it rotate. It has been assumed that as an observer ...

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Harvard researchers have demonstrated a new technique they call “rotational 3-D printing” that provides precision control over the materials it prints. Learning from nature: Natural products like bone ...

A new animation shows Ultima Thule as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft approached it over the duration of seven hours. The animation reveals the object's rotation as it grows larger, and is joined by a ...

Objects in space tend to spin -- and spin in a way that's totally different from the way they spin on earth. Understanding how objects are spinning, where their centers of mass are, and how their mass ...

An artist’s impression of the Long Period Transit, CHIME J1634+44, believed to be the brightest and most polarised LPT ever found. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P.Vosteen An international team of ...