An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Above the Earth’s surface there are many orbital planes and no pesky oceans to prevent millimeter and centimeter-sized cars from being spaced out there. This gives a rough idea of just how ...

Visualization of the Sun-Earth Lagrange points. 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 ...

Scott Manley is a software developer with degrees in physics and astronomy. He uses his self-taught engineering and rocket ...

This is compared with the time frame of Newton's work on his second law, the law of gravitational attraction and calculus from the late 1600's. Kepler was able to arrive at this second law without the ...

Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth ...

Take command of your ship in a world with real orbital mechanics. DON'T PANIC you've got head-tracked weapons, built-in voice commands and a host of flight assists to aid you. Control space and ...