A quarter-century in orbit: Science shaping life on Earth and beyond

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

Spending Time in Space Can Change an Astronaut's Brain Shape and Position, According to Study

"Understanding how spaceflight impacts the human brain is crucial as space exploration and tourism expand," a ...

Astronomers now say the moon is eating up molecules from Earth’s atmosphere

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.
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Scientists study 100 possible alien radio signals from collapsed Arecibo Observatory, ending groundbreaking 21-year search

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...
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Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station's microgravity environment

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...
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Step into a living forest inside glass in Huizhou

This colorful walkway lets you float above the treetops of Huizhou’s indoor forest. Enclosed inside a glass structure, the ...

Life on Mars? Ancient Biomolecules Could Still Be Hiding in Its Ice

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Phages and bacteria accumulate distinctive mutations aboard the International Space Station

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

94 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Still Fun To Know

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...