In November 2022, a Facebook post went viral, likely because the Facebook user expressed surprise to learn a piece of information that most members of the public likely don't know: Ceiling fans have ...

Most spiral galaxies rotate with their arms trailing the direction of spin, a characteristic consistent with current astronomical models. The perceived rotational direction (clockwise or ...

There is no definitive rule regarding the direction of rotation which is determined how the forces are acting on the electrical coils in the motor of the fan. Why do the blades of a ceiling fan rotate ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched into orbit around the sun in December 2021. Since then, it has been ...

Spiral galaxies imaged by JWST that rotate in the same direction relative to the Milky Way (red) and in the opposite direction relative to the Milky Way (blue). The number of galaxies rotating in the ...