NASA's Grail Mission Solves Mystery of Moon's Surface Gravity

NASA's Grail Mission Solves Mystery of Moon's Surface Gravity

05/30/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has uncovered the origin of massive invisible regions that make the moon's gravity uneven, a phenomenon that affects the operations of lunar-orbiting spacecraft.

Student plant study could help understand the effect of altered gravity on humans

Student plant study could help understand the effect of altered gravity on humans

21-05-2013 10:25 AM CEST

Student researchers have investigated how changes in gravity affect intracellular processes in plants. 

The research was conducted as part of ESA Education's Spin Your Thesis! Programme. 

Their results could have implications for understanding human health, too.