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  1. Physics

    Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jiggling molecules

    Streams of liquid form drops thanks to unidentified disturbances. It could be the jiggling of individual molecules.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Planetary Science

    How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?

    Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  3. Physics

    There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

    Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Astronomy

    See the largest, most detailed radio image of the Milky Way yet

    Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.