Tag: Orbit
The Webb Space Telescope is going into orbit around the L2 point tonight: what does that mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
Gravitational assistance: what is it?
Gravitational assistance is a technique using the attraction of planets to give extra speed to an interplanetary probe. We also speak of the gravitational sling effect. This technique is now…
Changes in Earth’s orbit alter the evolution of marine life
We already knew that the eccentricity of the Earth was synchronized with the glacial cycles. French researchers have just discovered that it also governs the evolution of marine life and…
How Earth’s Orbit Influences Biodiversity
We already knew that the eccentricity of the Earth was synchronized with the glacial cycles. French researchers have just discovered that it also governs the evolution of marine life and…