As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources from distant ...

Dear Doctors: As a former NASA mission planner, I would signal a“ no-go” for human colonization of the moon and Mars. Dear Reader: You are referring to a column prompted by a reader's son, who became ...

Finding resources far from Earth is a well-known spaceflight limitation, but metal-harvesting microbes provide a way to tap outer space’s mineral wealth.

The EGGS-2 spaceflight evaluated SpaceLab Mk 2 from Frontier Space, examining temperature regulation, and sample protection, in orbit to advance pharmaceutical and biological studies beyond Earth.

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

Space's microgravity appears to shift the location of the brains of astronauts—without a clear effect on their health ...

How can microbes be used to help enhance human space exploration, specifically on the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in npj Micrograv | Space ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different paths ...

The damage doesn't happen in long-term missions; just spending a couple of weeks in orbit can physically reshape an astronaut ...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized cancer therapy due to their ability to specifically target tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. These biologics have become indispensable in ...