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Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may help improve life on Earth.
The US doesn’t currently have much ability to monitor what’s going on in the space around the Moon. An effort by the Air Force Research Laboratory could help.
As soon as the 2018-2019 shutdown began, coal-fired power plants started emitting more particulate matter pollution. And when the inspections resumed, the levels dropped back to normal.
The US is set to shut down a crucial satellite that monitors how much carbon is in the atmosphere.
A planetary scientist who has participated in analog missions describes their value for planning space exploration – and learning about extreme environments on Earth.
Acute malnutrition weakens a child’s immune system, which can lead to severe illness and an increased risk of death.
The mission should launch on a flyby of the Moon in February 2026.
Microbial life might survive today underground, in caves or under ice sheets.
The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.
Studying the Sun helps researchers understand how space weather can affect technology back on Earth.
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward.
The rock is peppered with spots that could have been formed by microbes four billion years ago.
The largest telescope in space has been trained on a rocky exoplanet.
It turns out that Mars has a similar interior structure to Earth.
Lake Iro was recently photographed from space as it looked like a sunglint, but there is more to the lake that makes it unique.
If you try to launch or land a spacecraft anywhere close to another object on the lunar surface, that object will get sandblasted with rocks, dust and sand.
Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.
Yes, astronauts have to drink water that used to be pee – but their urine is treated extensively, until it is safer to drink than some tap water on Earth.
The NISAR satellite will be able to detect centimetre-sized changes on Earth’s surface, providing crucial data for agriculture and climate modelling.
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