Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's smallest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in October ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ice and ocean.

Objects under the influence of a gravitational field will move toward the field's center of gravity. Sometimes, as with the Sun and Jupiter, their mutual center of gravity or barycenter lies ...

After that it should be smooth sailing out to Jupiter. The Europa Clipper is packed with a total of nine instruments (including radars, magnetometers, sensors, a thermal instrument, and a gravity ...

After that, it's a straightforward trek to the outer solar system; the probe is set to arrive at Jupiter's orbit in April 2030. "We come in very fast, and the gravity from Mars acts on the ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon ... above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the ...