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Why is the New Horizons Spacecraft Slowing Down?

Question: Why is New Horizons slowing down? I check it on line every day and its speed is constant….

Question: I was wondering about the relation between the Sun’s own rotation relative to the planets orbit around the…

Question: Are the planets orbiting the sun at the same speed as the sun revolves on its axis? Or…

Question: There is a lot of acceptance that when the gases of the universe began to join and spin…

Question: On July 15, 2015, observing from Las Vegas, Nevada, there are 2 objects (Low) in the Western sky….

Question: I’m somewhat skeptical about the existence of the Oort Cloud. Some of the estimates I’ve heard indicate that…

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