An astronaut can hold a tool in space, loosen their fingers, and watch it stay put. Nothing drops. Nothing tugs downward. Yet ...

Take that, Richard Branson. Take that, Jeff Bezos and William Shatner and all the suborbital space tourists who have been blasting off the Earth in recent weeks for a few minutes of weightlessness.

How does space travel impact astronaut brain and physical reaction? This is what a recent study published in JNeurosci hopes ...

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Twelve people with disabilities plan to experience more than seven minutes of weightlessness on a zero-gravity airplane flight from California next week as part of a mission to advance ...

Before NASA could send anyone to space, they needed to understand what weightlessness does to the body. The answer came from ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. What does it take to launch into space? Other ...

Scientists show laser light can push graphene in space, opening the door to fuel-free movement and control of future spacecraft.

Program to Inspire Kids to Pursue Math and Science and Support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education as Part of Four-City U.S. Tour Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) Foundation ...

Dutch chemist Paul Poodt has developed two attractive alternatives for allowing protein crystals to grow under weightless conditions. If the crystals are grown upside down in a strong magnetic field, ...

Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport flies weightlessly after water droplets during a Zero-G flight out of Dulles Airport on Oct. 2. (Steve Boxall/Zero-G Corp.) correctionAn earlier version of ...