Osteoporosis Treatments: How Space Is Strengthening Bones On Earth In the harsh environment of space, astronauts experience accelerated bone loss, losing bone mass up to 10 times faster than ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

Their simulations forecast how their orbits would evolve over time and show that three of the space rocks—each between 1,000 and 1,300 feet or so—could approach within 46,500 miles of Earth ...

A huge "super-Earth" with an extreme climate that results in it being habitable for only part of its orbit has been discovered orbiting a star 2,472 light years away. And the most remarkable thing ...

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

A shoebox-sized science experiment conceived at a Mars space camp last year is headed to deep space. The “Cosmic Critters” — ...

Diagram depicting the evolution of Earth, Venus, and Mars. (Credit: Southwest Research Institute) “Impact histories should play a critical role in the search for habitable exoplanets like Earth,” said ...

Embrace the journey," said "Star Trek" icon William Shatner, who traveled to space himself in 2021. "You'll be an astronaut," said Bill Nye, science educator and television host.

At some point in our future, if sci-fi has any say in it, humanity will venture into space to mine asteroids for precious metals to bring back to Earth for our benefit/to help fight our robot ...

Estimates of NASA’s return on investment today vary, but using that estimate of $7 in economic return on each $1 spent on space science, a cut of this nature would cost $23.8 billion over the ...

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