News tagged with orbital motion

First-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule captured

Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule.

Mar 07, 2012 | 4.3 / 5 (22) | 2 |

Scots engineers prove space pioneer's 25-year-old theory

When American space pioneer, Dr Robert L Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of greatly improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 26, 2010 | 4.9 / 5 (19) | 3 |

Join STEREO and Explore Gravitational 'Parking Lots' That May Hold Secret of Moon's Origin

Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born. NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as the L4 and ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 09, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 1