Bacteria currently used as catalysts in earthbound mining processes could one day be used to extract critical elements in space...
An international collaboration of particle physicists has announced the detection of solar neutrinos originating from the secondary fusion cycle powering...
From microgravity to radiation, space is an extreme environment. Kate Summerson examines the impact this can have on the human...
Image credit: Kruthika Sundaram One of the greatest challenges limiting our ability to send astronauts on long-haul missions is the...
Hypsibius dujardini, a type of tardigrade, imaged with scanning electron microscopy. Image credit: Willow Gabriel, Goldstein Lab via Wikimedia, CC...
Fadij Maina (left) and Eva Nogales, 2019. Image credit: Awojdyla, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Fadij Maina (29) has become the...
Perseverance and Ingenuity, artist’s concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Launched on 30 July, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is sending the Mars...
The first images taken by the spacecraft Solar Orbiter have been released, revealing many miniature solar flares near the surface...
An artist’s rendition of a mystery object in the ‘mass gap’ found by LIGO and Virgo. Image credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/R. Hurt...