One rock, as big as a football field, careening through space on an elliptical orbit that lasts four years, suddenly found itself one of the most observed bodies in our solar system, according to NASA ...

The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS website, what is ...

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft experienced an unexpected extension in its lunar orbit due to a gravitational interaction ...

X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit. Reading time 2 minutes After seven test flights, Boeing is finally starting to open ...

With an elliptical orbit and a tilt off our axis of 23.5 degree we on Earth enjoy 4 seasons in the northern hemisphere.

Perihelion, the point in a planet’s orbit where it is closest to the Sun, is a fascinating phenomenon that shapes much of our understanding of planetary motion. While Earth’s proximity to the Sun ...

A possible cousin of Pluto seems to be circling the far reaches of the solar system. The dwarf planet candidate 2017 OF201 travels in a superwide orbit, with the sun relatively near one end of its ...