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As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even give birth. But could a pregnancy be conceived and carried safely in space?…

How do you repair a camera that’s orbiting another planet, 370 million miles away?

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) announced on Tuesday that it has launched a high-density, radiation-tolerant SLC NAND chip, marking its first space-qualified memory product and expanding its footprint in the booming space economy.

A nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile.

Two teams of astronomers have simultaneously discovered a strange, spinning dead star that seems to defy our current understanding of both neutron stars and white dwarfs.

Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal the source powering its emissions.

Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between solar activity and Earth’s magnetic field.

More than 37,000 women have radiotherapy for breast cancer in the UK every year

More than 37,000 women have radiotherapy for breast cancer in the UK every year.

The microwave is a cornerstone of modern kitchen convenience, but not everything should be heated in it. Our understanding of how certain materials and foods react to microwave radiation has evolved, and items once considered safe are now known to pose risks. The danger often lies not with the food…