The three-body problem is a centuries-old physics question that puzzled Isaac Newton. It describes the orbits of three bodies, like planets or stars, trapped in each other's gravity. The problem is ...

If you have been watching the new TV series which recently premiered on Netflix and are wondering what the three body problem is and why it is so significant. This quick guide will provide more ...

Netflix adapted a popular novel into a complex hard sci-fi series that trusts viewers to engage with its scientific concepts.

I am one of the nerds who read the books behind the new Netflix series, “3 Body Problem,” before I saw the show itself. I loved Cixin Liu’s “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, which was published ...

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 ...

Amid China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, a covert military project establishes contact with Trisolaris, an alien planet on the brink of destruction. This sets into motion the Trisolarans' long ...

Warning: This essay contains significant spoilers about The Three-Body Problem, the best-selling science-fiction novel by Cixin Liu, also now a Netflix series. The mysterious Trisolaran aliens in The ...