Having babies born in space could produce an interesting conundrum as shown by research with one particular creature.

To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

Researchers say the findings highlight the need for further investigation as space agencies prepare for longer missions to ...

Back on Earth, balance issues could arise. Continued monitoring showed that the brain orientation of the astronauts in the study slowly returned to normal. For those with the longest stays, ...

The properties of  a microgravity environment enable more precise drug formulation, particularly for biologics and ...

The study conducted by an international team of astronomers exposed mice to different levels of gravity in the orbital laboratory.

NASA once sent over 2,000 jellyfish into space to study how gravity affects biological development. The unusual experiment ...

How can microgravity influence muscle regeneration and overall muscle loss in astronauts? This is what a recent study published in Stem Cell Reports hopes to address as an international team of ...

Ants in space is not the premise for the latest Dreamworks film, but for an experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Eight colonies of common ants were flown up to the ISS ...

Britain has taken the next steps in its space and semiconductor industry with the opening of the NMRC at Swansea University ...

Applying a high magnetic field simulates microgravity conditions that suppress melt convection in germanium single crystal ...