Science ❯ Physics

Gravitational Effects

Orbital Mechanics Tidal Forces Planetary Influence Light Bending Oberth Effect Celestial Mechanics Light Distortion Matter Distribution Trajectory Analysis Stellar Evolution

JWST Reveals Heavy, Water- and CO2-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune Beside a Hot Jupiter

The volatile-rich air points to formation beyond the frost line, evidence of paired migration.

Microgravity Scrambles Sperm Navigation, Lab Study Finds

Webb Delivers Sharpest Contiguous Map of Dark Matter’s Cosmic Web

Webb Delivers Sharpest Dark-Matter Map, Revealing the Universe’s Hidden Scaffold

Simulations Show Mars Helps Shape Earth’s Ice‑Age Cycles

Hubble Confirms Starless ‘Cloud-9’ as Dark-Matter RELHIC as Lensing Reveals a Distant Dark Disruptor

Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

New Study Recasts Titan’s Interior, Challenging Idea of a Global Ocean

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Study Calculates How Tiny Black Holes Could Injure Humans—and Why Encounters Are Virtually Impossible

Astronomers Detect Lowest-Mass Dark Object Yet via Subtle Gravitational Lens Signal

Global Radio Array Detects Smallest Gravitational-Lensing Object Yet, Weighing About a Million Suns

Global VLBI Detects Lowest-Mass Dark Object at Cosmological Distance

New Mapping Method Targets Safer Asteroid Strikes to Avoid Gravitational Keyholes

ESA’s Apophis Probe on Track as China Proposes 2029 Flyby

Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth

Study Reveals Jupiter Was Once Twice Its Current Size with a Magnetic Field 50 Times Stronger

Study Reveals Trees Synchronize Bioelectrical Signals Before Solar Eclipse

Saturn's Rings to Appear Invisible During Rare Alignment

New Study Proposes Earth's Moon Is 100 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought