When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...
Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...
Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...
Astronomy on MSN
Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit?
Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit if they're constantly being pulled by gravity?Lindsey CoughterRocky Mount, ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN
Crash clock measures dangerous overcrowding in low Earth orbit
One solar storm could trigger a catastrophic collision in orbit ...
The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou ...
Scientists who work on long-term climate patterns usually stay close to Earth. The data is here, the records are clearer, and ...
Owing to the chaotic and non-integrable nature of three-body dynamics, the conventional Keplerian elements are rendered ...
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Supergiant star Betelgeuse is full of mysteries. New observations might solve the biggest one
Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.
Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.
A research team from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Yinhe Hangtian has achieved a major advance in orbit ...
Study Finds on MSN
Without Mars, Earth’s Ice-Age Rhythm Would Change, Simulations Show
The earth (and humanity) would be very different without our smaller red neighbor. In A Nutshell Computer simulations show ...
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