We have a tremendously knowledgeable group of people here at Ars. I'm curious if we could develop in a "think tank" sort of way some innovative ideas beyond the normal thread talk on other sites in ...

In orbit, astronauts float weightless because they’re in continuous free-fall around Earth. To recreate gravity, engineers ...

China has activated the world's most advanced hypergravity machine, aiming to deepen scientific understanding. The system, featuring the largest hypergravity centrifuge, will be able to produce forces ...

Interest in the Moon has been reignited recently, and Japan is looking to get in on the fun. Researchers and engineers from Kyoto University and the Kajima Corporation have released their joint ...

Gravity, despite its pervasive influence, is the weakest fundamental force, easily overcome even by simple actions like lifting a pencil. While achieving and maintaining orbit requires significant ...

The devs behind Fortune's Run, an upcoming shooter/immersive sim that looks like a grungier The Fifth Element and plays like Jedi Knight at 1.5x speed, just announced a July-September early access ...

The shocking death of a 4-year-old Sellersville boy on the Mission: Space ride at Disney World last week had many people talking about the effects of centrifugal force on human beings. To understand ...

Strategies for near and short term are in play, as well as transit and stationary rotating structures. I find the arguments for and against tethers interesting and somewhat reminiscent of arguments ...