The motion of any object is relative. On Earth we tend to ignore that, because the vast background of the ground gives us a seemingly fixed and absolute frame of reference. Sitting comfortably at our ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have harnessed the phenomenon of “quantum squeezing” to amplify and measure the motion of a magnesium ion as it travelled a few ...

the sky. This distant whirlpool of stars appears to creep along despite its actual speed through space because it is located so far from the Earth. M33’s movement in three dimensions for the first ...

With the Speetec, Sick is expanding its product range for speed and length measurement of objects moving in a linear path to include technology that measures directly on the material surface. The ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers have demonstrated a new method for using lasers and semiconductors to more accurately measure the velocity of a moving object. The method relies ...

The Milky Way is warped, possibly as the result of a collision with another galaxy billions of years ago. Studying this warp could reveal more about the structure of our galaxy's hidden matter. When ...