Richmond's 18th annual Carytown Cone Parade drew 800 participants in creative cone costumes on New Year's Day, continuing the city's quirky tradition.

A ‘mock meteorite’ made up of a ball of clay. Researchers used this model to show how objects moving through fluids like water will naturally erode into cone shapes. Image Credit: NYU's Applied ...

Meteoroids coming from outer space are randomly shaped, but many of these, which land on earth as meteorites, are found to be carved into cones. Scientists have now figured out how the physics of ...