Gravity may not be a fundamental force of nature, but a byproduct of the universe streamlining information like a cosmic computer. Reading time 3 minutes We have long taken it for granted that gravity ...

Physicists at Kyushu University in Japan have outlined a technique that could bring one of the most elusive goals in modern ...

From planetary orbits to pendulum swings, MATLAB makes it possible to simulate gravity and motion with precision. Using built-in physics toolboxes, you can explore everything from Newton’s laws to ...

Cosmologist Pontzen debuts with an exciting if digressive account of how astronomers use computer simulations to study the universe. “We build computer simulations based on the laws of nature—gravity, ...

As Earthlings, most of us don’t spend a lot of extra time thinking about the gravity on our home planet. Instead, we go about our days only occasionally dropping things or tripping over furniture but ...

Wyle Laboratories Inc. is developing a two-person centrifuge for researching effects of artificial gravity during long-duration space flights. The 3-meter (10-ft.)-radius Short Radius Centrifuge--to ...

HOUSTON—Blue Origin’s 29th New Shepard suborbital launch on Feb. 4 successfully provided 30 technology payloads with brief exposure to simulated lunar gravity conditions, a first for the company’s ...