Gravity, in the literal sense, keeps everyone (and everything) on Earth grounded. It acts as the anchor that prevents objects from floating skyward. For humans, it’s a leash that stops us from ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “gravity hole”—a region under Antarctica where ...

Though spacecraft with artificial gravity are still a distant dream, we had proof of concept way back in September 1966.

A rumor circulated online in early January 2026 claiming Earth would experience a seven-second gravity loss on Aug. 12, 2026. Posts alleged that a leaked NASA document called "Project Anchor" revealed ...

Our universe would look so different, Kyle. You might not recognize it even if you could be here to see it. Unfortunately, there probably wouldn’t be a whole lot to see. I learned about this from ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. A conspiracy theory that spread on social media claims that gravity will disappear for seven seconds this August, and that NASA is aware that this ...

The new year debuted with an unexpected space-related conspiracy theory on social media that made us forget about the 3I/ATLAS comet conspiracy that preceded it. An imminent alien contact (3I/ATLAS) ...

The first planned artificial gravity experiment took place in late 1966, but the first human on the Moon beat them to it.

It's well known that spaceflight causes muscle atrophy and other biological changes in reduced gravity, and especially in ...