Bone and muscle deterioration, vision impairment — even changes in DNA. How does extended time in orbit impact the human body ...

Down to their very DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change in weird and sometimes significant ways, particularly during a long flight high above the Earth: They start to elongate, often developing a taller ...

This isn't like some low-gravity version of "The Terminal," in which travelers are stuck in limbo due to some administrative ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) says that just one week in space is equivalent to one year's worth of radiation exposure on Earth. This radiation can put astronauts at risk of radiation sickness, ...

Weill Cornell Medicine professor Dr. Christopher Mason and former astronaut Jose M. Hernandez shared their expectations for how the stranded NASA astronauts will readjust to Earth.

Now NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 have come to take the ... magnetic field provide a shield against it. This can lead to DNA damage, increased cancer risk, neurodegenerative effects, cardiovascular ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists ...

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm, the keynote speaker Sunday, took the stage with actor Joe Manganiello to discuss how the world's first de-extinction company wants to bring back the ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and ...