A moon is generally understood to be an object that orbits a planet (although what counts as a planet is itself a contentious ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft is located 5 degrees below the Pleiades star. As the month wears on, it travels ...

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Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

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Might the solar system harbor not just one, but two unknown planets? A fresh study of the Kuiper Belt’s structure has revived ...

This year the Vacaville High girls volleyball team has put up win streaks of five and 13 matches. The Bulldogs currently have a four-match winning streak, but would like nothing more to see that ...

Near the end of the second quarter of Jesse Bethel High School’s Friday night football game against Hercules, the public address announcer told the Corbus Field crowd that the Jaguars’ ...

The neon sign glows against the Arizona sky like a beacon for dessert enthusiasts and comfort food aficionados alike, promising sweet salvation in the form of ice cream architecture. As you pull into ...

Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving on a planet. A physicist explains orbital navigation.