A new study has found that galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) can cause long-lasting learning deficits in female rodents, adding to the known risks of space travel on cognitive health.

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

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 ...

China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...

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

A Caltech experiment demonstrated space-based solar power’s potential, marking a key step in harnessing orbital renewable ...

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

More and more climate scientists are supporting experiments to cool Earth by altering the stratosphere or the ocean ...

A recent lab experiment suggests we could deflect an incoming asteroid by heating its surface and letting the jets of ...

If the FarView radio telescope is built, it would double as a demonstration of two unprecedented activities: mining and ...

At the International Space station, researchers are making strides in everything from Earth science to chemical properties.

Between each pass, the spacecraft will retreat to a safer distance from which it can safely transmit the science data it ...