Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely ...

Space exploration has always relied on the continuous improvement of spacecraft propulsion systems. As humanity dreams of ...

Stem cells sent to the ISS return with signs of accelerated aging, revealing key risks for future space travel.

The suborbital launch with Michi Benthaus "will be an important step for opening up space travel to all who have orbital ...

A UC Irvine team uncovered a never-before-seen quantum phase formed when electrons and holes pair up and spin in unison, ...

The number of satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has ballooned in recent years, and the story is the same as in all popular destinations: traffic is a nightmare. Things have become so congested that ...

The European Space Agency has announced a significant budget increase for the next three years, reaching nearly $26 billion.

As someone who has lived and breathed the experience of navigating a world not always designed for me, the thought of space travel has always felt like a dream—a place where wheelchairs and paralysis ...

Adding to the growing research into the effects of long-haul spaceflights on the human body, researchers have found that the weightlessness and radiation exposure accompanying deep space travel can ...

Space travel could increase the risk of erectile dysfunction in male astronauts, a new study has found. The study, published in The FASEB Journal, notes that this is due to astronauts being exposed to ...

We're going to go out on a limb and say most of us aren't paying the $150,000 down payment for an 11-minute trip to space. Sure, Blue Origin's historic all-female flight had us feeling a tiny bit of ...