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 ...

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star system, and we're finding that the Kuiper Belt may be no exception!" When you ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare orbital ...