Scientists wanted to find out whether humans born in space still retained their sense of gravity. So they turned to baby ...

From Aliens to Avatar, James Cameron is widely known for his legendary space blockbusters. Few filmmakers have contributed to the subgenre as much as Cameron, who also serves as a member of the Mars ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity ...

Astronomers had decent guesses about how these peanut-shaped asteroids formed but couldn’t get the physics to work—until now.

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

This week in space: Obama wants a Mars shot, you can help NASA search for gravity waves via the magic of distributed computing, and a Jupiter-class planet with rings so huge, they'd nearly reach the ...

“He has always wanted to be a director,” reads the Internet Movie Database profile of Alfonso Cuar‪ón, “and also an astronaut.” Cuar‪ón’s double fantasy comes true—and another dream, the ...

By bringing gravity into the equation, we can focus on effective strategies for managing IBS in space and on Earth.

Radio occultation (RO) instrument from Beyond Gravity. GRAS’ zenith-pointing antenna tracks a number of GPS satellites in range. This is indicated by the blue lines. The track-line changes to yellow ...