SpaceX’s Starship, heralded as the world’s most powerful and largest rocket, is poised to revolutionize human space travel with its ambitious missions to the Moon and Mars. On August 27, 2025, ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

The first time you experience weightlessness in space, Tom Marshburn told me, all the noise and pressure of launch suddenly disappear. One moment, the roar of engines shakes every bone in your body; ...

Three books push back on a rising tide of optimism about space settlements. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling space is an ...

Space exploration is as fickle as it is fantastic. From the highest highs to the lowest lows — from the euphoria of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, for example, to the devastation of the Space ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

On the Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Are humans on the precipice of not only being visitors to outer space, but also becoming permanent residents? Namrata Goswami, ...

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 ...

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built ...

Register for 2027 at [email protected] and we will contact you with confirmed tour details, including dates and prices, when available. Take off on a quest through the past, present and future of ...

Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel, offering hope for maintaining astronaut well-being on future long-duration missions. When you ...