The ISS's orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only ...

The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...

If the space station had not changed course, the debris could have passed within 2 ½ miles (4 kilometers) of its orbital path, according to NASA. Debris striking the space station could have ...

The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir ...

"In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it visited the inner solar system about 160,000 years ago, so it may have survived a close pass before." Second, if the comet survives ...

The moon uses Earth’s rotational energy to take it into an orbital path slightly farther away. In about 200 million years, the moon will be farther from Earth, which will turn more slowly ...

Clayton Chilcutt had never heard of a quasi-moon before his intro astronomy course at UGA. Then he won a worldwide contest to name one of Earth's curious celestial neighbors.

"In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it visited the inner solar system about 160,000 years ago, so it may have survived a close pass before." According to NASA, it is ...

San Francisco-based Loft acquires satellite buses, integrates customer payloads, manages satellites in orbit, and offers 'virtual missions' for clients to access satellite capabilities without owning ...