With the help of mannequins named Helga and Zohar and sensors placed inside a spacecraft, scientists have collected valuable ...

Research published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that supernovae release iron isotopes into space.

The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn't have a space program may be overselling the need for one.

The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar ...

Five species of bacteria were collected from the International Space Station, according to a study published in the journal ...

The researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories in the US have simulated asteroid deflection with a powerful pulse of ...

Radiation is all around us.The radiation you'd receive by taking a 5.5-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles is nearly 100 times less compared to the levels you would experience in some of the ...

Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful ...

Astronomers have spotted a massive pair of jets releasing material from a distant black hole. The jets are so large they span ...

The experts observed that the low-gravity environment weakened the heart tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats.

Dr. Scott Solomon, a biologist from Rice University, is throwing a big wet blanket on Elon Musk's plans to have humans ...

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...