For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as some of the clearest evidence ...
Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...
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Kessler syndrome explained, how space debris could trap humanity on Earth and shut down orbit forever
In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler warned that runaway collisions in orbit could trigger a self-sustaining debris cascade, making space travel nearly impossible. Decades later, crowded orbits, ...
Scripps Ranch-Recently, I interviewed both the actor and director of Scripps Ranch Theatre’s Donna Orbits the Moon. Ian August’s one-woman show stars the incredibly talented Susan Clausen. Yesterday I ...
How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA ...
General relativity doesn’t just bend light, it can influence planetary orbits enough to wipe out entire systems.
Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.
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