Leaf shape can vary considerably. The most common shapes include oval, truncate, elliptical, lanceolate, and linear. Leaf tips and bases may also be unique, with names based on their shapes.

Galaxies are thought to form and grow by collisions and mergers, and elliptical galaxies may be the ultimate result of this ...

Astronomers have observed unusually shaped galaxies in a transitory phase of galactic evolution, often colliding or ...

Bowflex’s Max Trainer series is part elliptical, part stair-stepper, hence its very vertical shape. It comes with a ton of different hand-hold positions, which helps it perform both elliptical ...

Still, we do know the overall shape of our galaxy, which is a gigantic flattened disk with a central bulge of older, redder stars that is about 20,000 light-years wide.

This study comes as the number of confirmed exoplanets from NASA has reached 5,839 with 1,738 being designated as super-Earth (radii between Earth and Neptune/Uranus) and 213 being designated as ...

ON January 25, 2025, a rare planetary alignment will be visible in the night sky. Six planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will appear to align together, forming a line ...