NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

As a result, the angular momentum of the satellite about the center of the Earth is conserved (constant ... In addition to the blue swept areas, the green velocity vector is shown along with the ...

One leading hypothesis attributes the anomaly to a massive underground feature called the African Large Low Shear Velocity ... impact life on Earth, its implications for orbital technologies ...

According to NASA, low Earth orbit is considered any orbital trajectory below 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers). However, the surface of Earth is not entirely smooth, and even a perfectly circular ...

For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited ...

Visualization of the Sun-Earth Lagrange points. Orbital mechanics is a fun subject ... and the way it affects one’s trajectory and velocity. With a single planet providing said gravitational ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

The Vyom-2U thrusters, developed at the start-up founded by two IIT-Bombay alumni, will play a crucial role in steering the ...