Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem. I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called “Placet is a Crazy Place” by ...

The three-body problem looks simple—just three objects interacting in space—but it quickly becomes one of the most unpredictable puzzles in physics. Even the laws that govern the universe struggle to ...

How would the chaotic alien world from the series' virtual reality game look in real life? We spoke to the show's science advisor to find out. Reading time 5 minutes By now, I’m assuming that we’ve ...

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. As the story goes, humanity’s “first contact” with an alien species ...

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 ...