For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed headlines for its flight path ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set for liftoff on Monday at 9:46 p.m. ET, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch a private crew of astronauts on board a Dragon ...

After splashdown, the crew will attempt to exit the vehicle without assistance to assess their physical capabilities.

So putting Fram2 into polar orbit may have more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited for science. “This is a private mission. You need something to say that’s ...

After nearly 4 days in orbit around the earth’s poles, Fram2 is back! The crew of four private astronauts led by ...

The Chinese-born Wang, now a citizen of Malta, invited Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics researcher ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time that strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...