Lagrange points are locations around a two-body system where the gravitational forces of the two objects, in this case Earth and the Moon, are equal to the centrifugal force. This allows for a ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story erroneously stated that China’s Queqiao satellite was orbiting the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point. In fact, Queqiao orbits the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point, a ...

The Lagrangian equilibrium stability points, or L points, are the five places where the combined gravitational forces of two bodies produce regions of gravitational balance. These are little pockets ...

Advanced space travel relies on a fundamental understanding of the restricted three-body problem (RTBP), in which one of the ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

On Oct. 16, if all goes well, NASA will launch a Discovery-class space probe dubbed “Lucy” on a 12-year journey to visit the Trojan asteroids, which are clustered around two of the Jupiter-Sun ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is nearing its final destination. But where is the observatory right now and when will it finally arrive? Unlike the pioneering Hubble Space Telescope, which ...

NASA and SpaceX will launch three satellites on Wednesday to study space weather, including the solar wind, the boundary of ...