At MIT, doctoral student Palak Patel is harnessing nanotechnology to solve the most daunting ...

A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation levels.

Space is tough on materials. Radiation, UV light, atomic oxygen and sharp temperature swings can degrade metals, polymers and coatings over time. This article looks at the current ways researchers are ...

Space is unforgiving to electronics. Beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field, satellites are bombarded by ...

Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching barely enough food to survive out of potatoes grown in Martian regolith. Or ...

Feb.23 - Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model for astronomical imaging that significantly enhances scientists' ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the cosmos. A ...

Members of the successful Apollo space program are experiencing higher rates of cardiovascular problems that are thought to be caused by their exposure to deep space radiation, according to a Florida ...

A team of researchers working at multiple facilities in the San Francisco area has found that male mice exposed to radiation similar to that encountered by humans on long space missions experienced ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Space shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew took a small but crucial step for space travel recently, enlarging the International Space Station so it can house six ...