Most astronauts who menstruate pause their cycle with hormones before hitting the stars, but in the future, we'll need more ...

OLIS is a state-of-the-art light scattering setup on the International Space Station (ISS). Accommodated inside the ...

You’ve probably noticed how your mayonnaise separates in the fridge after a while, or how the sunscreen on your bathroom ...

Researchers discovered that moss spores can survive nearly a year exposed directly to space. Despite intense UV radiation and temperature swings, most spores remained viable when returned to Earth.

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build ...

The first private space science satellite set to study the effect of flares from stars has been launched into space and is ...

Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...

Fmr. NASA chief scientist Jim Green talks to "This Week in Space" hosts Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik about the early days of the ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They put the moss into a simulated space environment with high levels of ...

W ith around five years left to go before it leaves Earth's orbit and is crashed into the ocean, NASA has announced that the ...

They might've looked something like the space station in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey." There once was a dream of cities in space — vast cylindrical habitats, self-sufficient and populated by ...

O pening shot: distant stars are visible against an ink black background. In the foreground, something bright: a planet, a ...