People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system—like Jupiter's Europa and ...
Cell & Microbiology
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View of Earth as seen by ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world."
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2025
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The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to create an ideal future ...
Agriculture
Jul 9, 2025
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Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?
Planetary Sciences
Jul 5, 2025
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If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial material to create livable spaces would be incredibly challenging and expensive. Researchers at the Harvard ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2025
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Scientists have launched menstrual cups into space for the first time, testing whether these reusable devices can withstand the extreme conditions of space travel. The AstroCup mission represents a key step toward giving ...
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2025
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I have been researching the possibility of living on Mars for several years. But it took an invitation to give a talk about space at HMP Erlestoke in England—a category C men's prison—to make me realize that there are a surprising ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2025
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Just when we thought we'd learned from the past, humanity is preparing to repeat its most destructive habits—this time, in space.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2025
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When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies are the heavyweights of experiments in weightlessness. Because humans and fruit flies share a lot of similar ...
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2025
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As the number of space travelers is increasing through commercial missions, it becomes more important to understand how space affects the human body.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2025
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