In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.
Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise measurements in particle physics.
Once tied to a metal cylinder in France, the kilogram has now been redefined using the fundamental laws of physics.
Abstract: Series elastic actuators (SEAs) have become fundamental components in robots that physically interact with unstructured environments and humans. Force control of SEAs is indeed an active ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...