Dozens of projects return from the space station to advance medicine, technology, and workforce development KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has ...

Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, may be better suited by a new name: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the ...

Pouring 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine removed up to 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without harming wildlife, according to the researchers behind an ocean al ...

As more companies take to Low Earth Orbit, this is emerging as a new need. See how microgravity is helping unlock breakthroughs for science too.

Tiny pits, webbing patterns, and a dusting of nanoparticles are not what most people picture when they think about farming.

The robotic Dragon departed on schedule today at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT), ending a roughly six-month orbital stay during which it demonstrated a novel ISS-boosting capability. T ...

On Artemis II, Space Tango is running an experiment to study how a trip to the moon — and future ones — affect the human body.

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

Water ice on Mars, bubbling gas on a distant star, a snow-covered island, and a pre-planetary nebula are featured this week. Plus, a look back at an image of Mars taken by the Dawn spacecraft during a ...

A SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle that has spent six months docked at the International Space Station is due to depart for a California landing.

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

Curiosity has been exploring a region filled with boxwork formations, which formed billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks.