Orbit | Life and News - Truth in Life and Journalism

Environment

Why does the Earth spin?

Staff Writer - February 13, 2023

Silas Laycock, UMass Lowell Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...

science

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for...

Staff Writer - August 28, 2022

Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is poised to take a key step toward returning...

Environment

How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days

Staff Writer - January 12, 2022

Deanna Hence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas,...

science

Why does gravity pull us down and not up?

Staff Writer - July 26, 2021

Mario Borunda, Oklahoma State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....

science

Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It’s all happening at once, but...

Staff Writer - May 23, 2021

Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours...

science

You may not even need a telescope to see Comet 46P/Wirtanen...

Staff Writer - December 16, 2018

Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University As comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or...

science

Black holes aren’t totally black, and other insights from Stephen Hawking’s...

Staff Writer - March 16, 2018

Christoph Adami, Michigan State University Mathematical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was best known for his work exploring the relationship between black holes and quantum...