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 ...

And now scientists have figured out where this dinosaur-killing rock likely came from. According to research headed by Mario ...

The groundbreaking study demonstrates for the first time how a nuclear blast could alter the course of a threatening asteroid ...

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 ...

Instead of rocket fuel, LightSail 2 used photons, demonstrating the viability of solar sailing for future space missions.

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 ...