The impacts of space weather such as extreme solar winds and magnetic waves are not limited to outer space. Bursts of plasma emanating from the sun, for instance, can temporarily intensify electric ...

A satellite the size of a mini fridge is about to make big changes in space technology—and it’s happening fast. Researchers ...

In space, gravity disappears. This shift causes fluids that usually stay in the lower body to move upward. Blood pools in the chest and head, which can reduce heart strain and cause facial puffiness.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Doctors will examine data to better understand blood circulation in weightlessness. Ax-4 astronauts Peggy Whitson and Tibor ...

Researchers in China have developed a way of locating giant "equatorial plasma bubbles" in the ionosphere by analyzing the ...