Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

Deep space travel has a biology problem. Human bodies are built for a narrow band of temperatures, gravity and radiation, yet any realistic journey to Mars or beyond would subject astronauts to months ...

If traveling into the past is possible, one way to do it might be sending people through tunnels in space. by raggio5 via Pixabay Have you ever dreamed of traveling through time, like characters do in ...

Your body's blood-making stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), are like factory managers who work best when calm and rested. But when stress hits, like infection or injury, they spring into ...

Nasa has officially confirmed the discovery of MoM-z14, the most distant galaxy humanity has ever observed, following peer-reviewed research published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics. The ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Traveling to space is brutal on the body. Spaceflight can cause astronauts’ bones to lose density, their brain and eye nerves to swell, and their genes to change expression. Research suggests spending ...

Space shifts the position of the brain in the skull, causing orientation problems that could complicate plans to live on the Moon or Mars ...