One of the “game changing” pieces of scientific news in 2017 concerns the collision of two neutron stars about 130 million light-years away, first detected on August 17. One reason astronomers and ...

A method for estimating distances in sailing and astrophysics helps explain why riding on buses and boats can make us nauseous. This month’s Insights puzzle was inspired by a new way to determine the ...

The methods of triangulation which we used to measure the width of the lecture theatre can be used for much larger distances. Accurate maps and the elevations of mountains such as Everest are ...