A Jim Lattis, director of the UW Space Place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: There’s actually gravity pretty much everywhere. But why do we feel gravity more here on the surface of the Earth ...

You may have heard people say that aboard the International Space Station (ISS) there's "zero gravity," but in fact, gravity is still very much present. The station orbits Earth at an altitude of ...

NASA's two stranded astronauts are approaching a year in space, but what could that mean for their bodies? In June 2024, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were due to stay for one week on the ...

As my arms lift from my sides, and the rest of my body follows suit toward the ceiling of a modified Boeing 727—next to scientists, astronauts, engineers and activists—I think, “How did I get here?” I ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new ...

The difference between Earth and lunar gravity is one of the challenges space agencies and companies are trying to overcome in their quest to colonize the Moon. Not an easy thing, given how one of the ...