In astronomy, an occultation is when a celestial body or object — like the moon or a planet — passes in front of a distant ...
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has published a provocative essay posing a question that sounds ripped from science fiction: ...
What is “down” in the vastness of space? Scientists reveal how gravity, cosmic planes, and perspective redefine direction, ...
From the deck of a ship or the window of a plane, it feels obvious that “down” points toward Earth and “up” points toward the ...
When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...