The widely anticipated movie "Gravity" follows the horrifying tale of an astronaut set adrift when debris hits her ship during a space walk. The facts behind the movie can be found in a new ...

In the movie, Explorer is flying the 157th shuttle mission and the orbiter is the first casualty of a space junk chain reaction making its way around the planet. Get the Space.com Newsletter ...

Myth Debunked: Space junk myths in the movie ‘Gravity’ The film Gravity left us glued to the screens when it premiered in 2013. The initial incident shows a missile that is launched to destroy ...

High-speed debris from satellite explosions could cause a catastrophic chain reaction, as seen in the movie "Gravity." (Image credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist) ...

While the plot of the hit Hollywood film "Gravity" is fictional, the United States must bolster efforts to address the alarming amount of space junk surrounding Earth, or risk potentially ...

The movie "Gravity" transports audiences into outer space, and come this weekend, space fans will see whether it did the same for Oscar voters. "Gravity" might pull in a huge Oscar haul Sunday ...

%embed1% James Cameron has already said this about Alfonso Cuarón's movie Gravity: “I was stunned, absolutely floored. I think it’s the best space photography ever done, I think it’s the ...

Warning: Spoilers for the movie "Gravity" follow.Space travel can appear enchanting, as astronauts drift among the stars, marveling at sights never seen before by anyone, gazing down on Earth as a ...

Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity has been favorably compared to the Kubrick and Clarke's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey since its premiere at the Venice… ...

The new movie Gravity makes you feel what it's like to be in orbit, ... And the Kessler effect – in which a piece of hypersonic space debris smashes into a spacecraft, ...

Gravity, director Alfonso Cuarón’s new trapped-in-outer-space movie starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, manages to be both a classic Hollywood movie-star picture and a showcase for the ...

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