In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

(Web Desk) - Growing fresh food hundreds of thousands of kilometres from Earth is one of the greatest challenges facing permanent human bases on the Moon and Mars. But the seeds of a rice ideal for ...

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System.

This stunning 527-megapixel composite reveals both visible and infrared views of young stars, ionized gas, and dust filaments ...

Sean Duffy running NASA is like handing the keys to a spacecraft over to your cable news commentator—entertaining, sure, but ...

Italy is leading the Moon-Rice Project, a collaboration between the Italian ... Another major concern is how the plants will respond to reduced gravity. While doing experiments in real-world ...

The biggest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is going under the hammer — and it’s got collectors buzzing from London to ...

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System. This one appears to be a comet, a ball of dust, ...