In NASA's current missions, medical risks are manageable. There's the opportunity for emergency evacuations, real-time communications, and the ability to send samples to Earth. However, long-term ...
Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...
Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...
For decades, scientists have scoured Mars for even the faintest trace of life—and now, an intriguing, speckled rock may have delivered the most compelling clue yet. A freshly analyzed sample collected ...
An international team of researchers has published a report on how Mars samples should be handled from a scientific point of ...
"The exploration of the moon is going to be a continuous activity." SYDNEY — Leaders of the world's major space agencies shared visions for space in the coming years at a major space congress in ...
A NASA study shows bacteria fragments can survive 50 million years in Martian ice. Pure ice, not rock, could hold clues to life beyond Earth.