Scientists have an explanation for how the physics of flight in the atmosphere leads to cone-shaped meteorites. The progression, which the researchers discovered through a series of replication ...

A ‘mock meteorite’ made up of a ball of clay. Researchers used this model to show how objects moving through fluids like water will naturally erode into cone shapes. Image Credit: NYU's Applied ...

Melissa is trudging through the central Caribbean with not much motivation to get where it is going, and that means the National Hurricane Center’s cone of uncertainty looks a little odd. And it isn’t ...