The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

In this first episode of In The Clouds, we take an in-depth look at the differences between astronomical seasons, the system ...

The spacecraft, X-37B, is a top-secret, experimental space plane. The US government's top-secret X-37B space plane returned to Earth after a 434-day mission in orbit, a statement by the US Space ...

The continued release of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere could increase the longevity of space junk in low Earth orbit, a new paper reveals. Under a high-emissions scenario, this could mean a ...

Over time, these shifts could limit the number of satellites that can reliably operate in Earth’s orbit. Led by MIT, the new study indicates that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...

Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global ...