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

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

Mercury, Venus, and Mars sit within the same general neighborhood as Earth, yet each has followed a radically different path.

Artemis II mission will mark humanity’s first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years. NASA unveils a 10-day plan of living and ...

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 ...

The mission is hoping to give humanity its best look ever at Saturn's moon Titan.

When people think of volcanoes on Mars, one name usually dominates the conversation: Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the ...

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

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 ...

Scientists are searching for evidence of microbial life left behind in these mineral deposits.

As we explore more of the universe, the physical impacts of living in microgravity continue to be one of the primary ...

New research using Cassini data suggests Titan may not have a global ocean, but small warm water pockets hidden deep in its ...