As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, ...

As the possibility of long-duration space exploration becomes more feasible, the issue of how to preserve astronaut health during such missions is becoming increasingly critical. Recently, Russia’s ...

Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone © Warner Bros. Source: gravitymovie.warnerbros.com (*Spoiler Alert: This article includes plot details from the film.) Watching Gravity ...

Spacecrafts don’t just rely on rockets—they use planets to pick up speed! Spacecrafts don’t just rely on rockets—they use planets to pick up speed! It’s called a gravity assist, and it’s one of the ...

A persistent "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica gives scientists a window into Earth's deep interior, showing how processes far below reshape the planet's gravity field over millions of years.

Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be ...

With $20 M funding so far, Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder Mission is intended to “advance U.S. space sensing”. Variable: a NASA map of Earth’s gravity. Click for info. Infleqtion, a developer ...

Something wasn’t making sense—and then scientists realized they were looking in the wrong place.

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla shows how astronauts stay clean aboard the International Space Station. In a video shared ...