Simons then moved the Smart Bricks away from the ruler and performed the same trick. Using just a pair of Smart Bricks, he ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets seem to have been knocked out of their orbits, floating through space free ...

Most planets spend their lives orbiting a star, but some are destined for exile. According to a study published in Science on Jan. 1, 2026, astronomers have successfully measured the mass and distance ...

We count steps, track miles, and close our rings. Athletic metrics have infiltrated everything from viral #FitTok videos to biometric-tracking devices. But when our devices remind us we haven’t hit ...

Have you ever wondered how a robot navigates a cluttered room or how a drone maintains its altitude with pinpoint accuracy? The secret lies in the tools used to measure distance, an often-overlooked ...

If you haven’t noticed, one of NFL’s time-honored traditions is no longer in effect this season. The long-time use of human-based “chain gangs” to deploy and measure the distance from the spot of the ...

The answers to your question, respectively, are yes and no. Yes, RFID can measure distance. There is an English soccer club—I’m not permitted to say which one—that has deployed a solution for tracking ...

When you're driving on land, speed is measured in either miles per hour (mph) or kilometers per hour (km/h). These measurements are straightforward because you can see stationary landmarks and ...