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Communications satellites often use geosynchronous orbits because they remain stationary above the same location on Earth.

The Voyager space probe to Saturn revealed incredibly detailed unexpected structure in Saturn's rings. Shepherd moons help cause this structure.

Much of the technology in our world seems mysterious and almost magical. However, elementary physics explains everything from GPS to hybrid cars to smoke detectors.

NASA's ARCTAS Project studies the impact of natural and artifical air pollution on the Arctic, by combining aircraft measurements and satellite data to determine effects.

Austin singer-songwriter Aimee Bobruk's new album, The Safety Match Journal, is a collection of folk songs dressed up in a sparkling pop package.

The space age began with the October 4, 1957 launch of the first Russian space satellite. Other Sputnik satellites and the first US Explorer satellite soon followed.

Discover how the layers of the atmosphere work to produce weather and the Earth's climate. Learn how the atmosphere exchanges the Sun's energy, absorbing and reflecting.

NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has taken more than 1.9 billion measurements during its 6 year orbit using a laser instrument.

February begins and ends with two great planetary conjunctions and hosts a total lunar eclipse in the middle.

Volcanic processes provide insight into volcanic activity and impending eruptions. The tools used to monitor these processes aid in hazard awareness.

Is a stellar catastrophe just around the corner?

Most home satellite dishes work because they can always point at a satellite that does not move. If the satellite moved, the dish would need to move too.

At the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere lie the little understood mesosphere and the highly charged thermosphere.

In essence, Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was an entirely new theory of gravity, replacing the centuries-old theories of Isaac Newton.