A rocket launch. Our nearest stellar neighbor. A Netflix show. All of these things have something in common: They must contend with the "three-body problem." But exactly what is this thorny physics ...

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 following story contains spoilers for Netflix's 3 Body Problem. THERE ARE A lot of complex scientific topics present in Netflix's 3 Body Problem (presented, believe it or not, in a far more ...

Take a glance at our solar system and beyond, and outer space seems pretty orderly. Our eight planets travel around the Sun with apparent predictability and even the stars themselves appear to march ...

Lauren is an entertainment journalist and screenwriter. Her unhealthy pop culture obsession has led to bylines at Letterboxd, The Direct, Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker Australia. On the side, Lauren ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

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 ...