It's well known that spaceflight causes muscle atrophy and other biological changes in reduced gravity, and especially in ...

But, just as home cooking is cheaper than getting takeout, when it comes to more permanent settlements, this kind of supply voyages would be prohibitively expensive: we will need to grow our own food ...

An illustration of the collision. (Andy Tzanidakis) A distant star whose light suddenly flickered like a guttering candle has ...

The space-faring mice spent about 28 days in those conditions before returning to Earth in April. Mortreux and her colleagues ...

One particularly well-known fact about the moon is that it doesn't have much of a magnetosphere to speak of. There's no blanket to protect it from the solar wind ravaging its surface, blowing away its ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover uncovered a remarkable surprise on Mars that could reshape our understanding of the planet’s ...

Previous studies found two of the closest planets outside the Solar System around this star, but missed the really exciting ...