As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical. Is space travel truly safe? Far from ...

A new study has uncovered dynamics of virus-bacteria interactions in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). University of Wisconsin-Madison team found that microgravity ...

Making babies in space may be more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to navigate in microgravity. Scientists found that while sperm can still swim normally, they lose ...

A recent study by University of Florida researchers provides insight into how beer yeast might behave when fermented in outer space. The research is published in the journal Beverages. While the ...

The London-based company said its in-space microgravity crystallization process could enable cancer treatment to be delivered ...

A gentle rumble ran under Ngan Huang’s feet as a rocket carrying her research—live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds fixed on tiny chips—lifted off, climbed, and disappeared into the sky to the ...

NASA is preparing to send astronauts on journeys that will include longer stretches in microgravity – to the Moon and onward to Mars. Understanding how basic biology works in space will help ...

Narravity, Inc. is expanding into Fremont County with plans to test products in microgravity using suborbital rockets. Backed by the Rural Jump Start program, the company aims to make space based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cancer cells are more hardy in the low-gravity conditions of space. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images Plus As space travel gains ...