On Episode 171 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur are joined by are joined by Dr. Rick Jene with the ...

That is why recent research led by Northwestern University in the United States has captured the attention of the ...

As a Russian space mission is set to launch mice into orbit, regulations are long overdue to recognise the sentience of ...

When you think of threats from outer space, you might picture deadly solar flares, planet destroying asteroids, or even a hostile alien invasion. But scientists warn that the biggest danger could be ...

The question of how life began on Earth has fascinated scientists and thinkers for centuries. One intriguing possibility is ...

Synthetic biology offers a toolkit to engineer microbes capable of surviving in outer space and for biomanufacturing ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered ...

Calculating the costs of colonizing other planets remains elusive. In a report by the NASA Ames Research Center, the estimate ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.

The more players there are, at both private and international levels, the more difficult sustainable space exploration could become.