Solar cells face significant challenges when deployed in outer space, where extremes in the environment decrease the efficiency and longevity they enjoy back on Earth. University of Toledo physicists ...

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Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’ understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are found ...

House lawmakers are holding another hearing about the fraud scandal in Minnesota. by Steven McCarron, ARC Seattle Co-Anchor SEATTLE — SpaceX is scheduled to launch a rocket into space from Florida on ...

In SpaceX’s latest launch of their Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday morning, the crew’s payload included stem cells for research on how to grow tissues in space. The cells were provided by the ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target ...

According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time passes more slowly in space. As a result, astronauts would experience a delay in aging. However, scientists found that space travel may have the ...

New research in understanding aging and disease – and how to potentially reverse it – is both on the earth and in the stars. University of California, San Diego researchers working out of the Sanford ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX resupply missions to the ...