With the SpaceX IPO and success of the Artemis mission, long-distance space travel seems within reach. Researchers are ...

There’s a quiet revolution happening in plant science, and it started roughly 400 kilometers above Earth’s surface. Over the ...

Space travel is heating up, both by NASA and private enterprises, with bold adventurers and scientists looking to eventually send humans to Mars. One of the challenges of such a multiyear mission in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To reduce the cost of feeding astronauts in space, the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched a lab into space in a significant ...

Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier—Mars. To get there, we'll need sustainable sources of food, medicines and materials. But science can do both. And space research has a long ...

The Artemis II mission to the Moon has reignited humanity’s desire for exploration and renewed our perspective of Earth. It ...

If you were wondering whether it'd be possible to ferment foods in space, the answer is apparently yes. In a study published in the journal iScience, researchers from the US and Denmark say they were ...

Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive ...

The ancient culinary practice of fermentation may play a role in the future of space cuisine. In March 2020, an interdisciplinary team of researchers sent a small batch of ingredients for the Japanese ...

Humankind has been fascinated with space travel for quite some time. The 1960s were the height of our obsession, when the U.S. and Russia competed for the stars, children dreamed of becoming ...