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Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

We talk about rest and work on board the International Space Station, and how the astronauts themselves are the experiments.

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 ...

Thermal controls within the sealed payload kept the chamber near 30 °C, allowing the pupa to complete metamorphosis. The ...

The AVATAR investigation on NASA's Artemis II will utilize organ chips to study how the astronauts' own cells respond to the hostile deep-space environment. Credit: Emulate When the Artemis II ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...

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A SpaceX rocket launched on Friday headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission, NASA reported in a statement.