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Earth’s climate has never been static,it moves in long, predictable cycles shaped by powerful forces far beyond our control.
The Axiom Mission 4 crew, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on ...
The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...
This July, skywatchers across Southern California are in for a remarkable sight as the crescent Moon and Mars converge in a rare astronomical pairing. According to National Geographic’s July 2025 ...
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A team of astronomers has uncovered an extraordinary cosmic mystery, a giant planet that seems to be hurtling toward a fiery ...
Orbital mechanics is a fun subject, as it involves a lot of seemingly empty space that’s nevertheless full of very real forces, all of which must be taken into account lest one’s spacec… ...
And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...
O penAI's large language model (LLM) ChatGPT is surprisingly good at piloting spacecraft, according to a team that trained it ...
A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...
MECH_ENG 395: Orbital Mechanics VIEW ALL COURSE TIMES AND SESSIONS Description Orbital Mechanics is a fundamental discipline concerned with the motion of objects under the influence of gravitational ...
What is clear is that we do not lack options to deal with orbital debris, but the complications of orbital mechanics and the low debris density makes for a fun game of finding needles in haystacks.