News

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...
A "Star Wars" planet with an unusual orbit has been discovered 120 light years from Earth - the first-ever "polar planet" ...
For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...
Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...
Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...
After splashdown, the crew will attempt to exit the vehicle without assistance to assess their physical capabilities.
SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set for liftoff on Monday at 9:46 p.m. ET, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch a private crew of astronauts on board a Dragon ...
The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...
Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...
So putting Fram2 into polar orbit may have more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited for science. “This is a private mission. You need something to say that’s ...
We reviewed all possible scenarios, and the only consistent with the data is if a planet is on a polar orbit about this binary." The team found this planet while refining the orbital and physical ...
This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. The newly discovered planet has a polar orbit, which is perpendicular to ...