DAHLGREN, Va.  –  Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division recently fired high-speed projectiles into timed explosions ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Experiments using a high-powered projectile cannon show how impacts by water-rich asteroids can deliver surprising amounts of water to planetary bodies. The ...

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The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile ...

April 26 (UPI) --Scientists have credited comets and asteroids with delivering water and other elements necessary for life to Earth shortly after the planet was formed. But impact models suggest water ...

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has been conducting a mission to the asteroid called Ryugu since the Hayabusa 2 probe launched in 2014. The mission will soon lower the Hayabusa 2 probe to the surface of ...

Shooting an 18-millimeter-diameter ballistic into a wall of water at 9,000 miles per hour is wild and unprecedented, but the U.S. Navy is throwing money behind the project out of sheer curiosity. And ...

, which immersed the participant in 19th century London, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry takes us to modern America's skateboard parks. Once considered a subculture, skateboarding takes ...

Suppose you throw some object near the surface of the earth. If the only significant force on the object is the constant downward gravitational force, we call this "projectile motion." Yes, that ...

New research shows that a surprising amount of water survives simulated asteroid impacts, a finding that may help explain how asteroids deposit water throughout the solar system. Experiments using a ...