After years of creating highly specialized software, researchers used supercomputer clusters to finally solve the "100,000-body problem.

Last week, Netflix released its adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book The 3 Body Problem by Cixin Liu. It follows the journey of several scientists, from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to ...

The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible ...

A clear introduction to the three-body problem in physics, explaining why predicting the motion of three interacting objects in space is so complex.

I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called "Placet is a Crazy Place" by American science fiction writer Frederic Brown. In Brown's story, Placet is a planet in a ...

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When three massive objects meet in space, they influence each other through gravity in ways that evolve unpredictably. In a word: Chaos. That is the conventional understanding. Now, a researcher has ...

The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate the stars’ future trajectories. That’s the real science behind the name of the hit Netflix show, 3 Body ...

Predicting the movement of two celestial bodies is easy, but add a third, and chaos unfolds. The three-body problem remains one of physics' greatest challenges, shaping our understanding of space and ...