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Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit?
Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit if they're constantly being pulled by gravity?Lindsey CoughterRocky Mount, ...
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This Planet Is So Close to Its Star It Is Literally Falling Apart, Leaving a Comet-like Tail of Dust in Space
Astronomers have detected a small planet that is literally falling to pieces. The object, coined BD +05 4868 Ab, orbits a star in the constellation Pegasus approximately 140 light years from Earth.
In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have found a doomed planet that sheds an incredible amount of material—as much as a Mount Everest’s worth of mass with each orbit reports Space.com. This ...
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How satellites stay in space: Why they don't fall back to Earth
Often misunderstood as "hovering," satellites are actually in constant free-fall, perpetually missing Earth's surface as the ...
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