This plunger is positioned so that it can slide back and forth when the solenoid is energized. When electricity flows through the coil, it generates a magnetic field that moves the plunger.

Yahoo News spoke with an astronomer about approximately where and when a half-ton Soviet-era spacecraft stuck in Earth's orbit for over 50 years is expected to make a crash-landing on Earth.

CALIFORNIA — The four-person civilian Fram2 mission returned home in a splash down off the coast of California on Friday after being the first humans to orbit Earth's polar regions. Riding in ...

An eye and orbit ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to measure and produce detailed images of your eye and eye orbit (the socket in your skull that holds your eye). An eye and orbit ...

A solenoid includes a coil for conducting current and generating a magnetic field, an iron or steel shell or case to complete the magnetic circuit, and a plunger or armature for translating motion.

Lumen Orbit’s co-founders are, from left, CEO Philip Johnston, chief technology officer Ezra Feilden and chief engineer Adi Oltean. (Lumen Orbit Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit ...

Solenoid Working (Source: Solenoid Animations) This electromagnetic effect in a solenoid enables any connected plunger or armature to move as per our needs. In this way, we can control the magnetic ...

As the excitation current increases, the force developed by the solenoid increases and the solenoid plunger pulls in until the magnetic force is balanced by the opposing spring force. A solenoid valve ...

It seems like everything orbits something in space. Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Stars orbit the centers of galaxies. But beyond that, things get a little harder to visualize.

A decade ago the film Gravity dramatized the consequences of space pollution, with an avalanche of space junk sweeping across the sky to batter everything in orbit, including its astronaut hero.

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed investment round to launch its plan to put hundreds of satellites ...