When three massive objects meet in space, they influence each other through gravity in ways that evolve unpredictably. In a word: Chaos. That is the conventional understanding. Now, a researcher has ...

Spoiler alert: This article will cover events from the recent Netflix TV adaptation of the sci-fi book by Liu Cixin: The 3 Body Problem. Chaos. It happens when you can’t predict what’s coming next.

Take a glance at our solar system and beyond, and outer space seems pretty orderly. Our eight planets travel around the Sun with apparent predictability and even the stars themselves appear to march ...