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How Does a Gravitational Slingshot Work?
Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...
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Forgotten Sketches By Leonardo Da Vinci Suggest That He Understood Gravity Decades Before Newton
A new study examining some of Leonardo da Vinci's sketches in the Codex Arundel reveals the artist calculated the earth's ...
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ESA Begins Building LISA: The First Mission to ‘Surf’ Gravitational Waves and Explore the Universe
In a groundbreaking development,the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially begun construction of its Laser Interferometer ...
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Where, exactly, is the edge of space? It depends on who you ask.
It is, after all, a nice round number. But the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Air Force, NOAA, and NASA generally use 50 miles (80 kilometers) as the boundary, with the Air Force ...