Experiments in Space

New tool shows that space changes gut bacteria in the same ways, every timeCredit: NASA EVANSTON, Ill. -- A new Northwestern University study discovered that spaceflight -- both aboard a space shuttle or the International Space Station…

What happens to the human brain in weightlessness An international team of Russian and Belgian researchers, including scientists from HSE University, has found out that space travel has a significant impact on the brain: they discovered…

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Lithium fluoride crystals have recently been used to register the tracks of nuclear particles. Physicists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow have just demonstrated…

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team/STScI How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time? The science behind galaxy formation has remained a puzzle for decades, but a…

Brittany Seto '16, who studied computer science at UC Riverside, interned at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where a record number of UCR undergraduates are spending the summerCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech RIVERSIDE, Calif. --…

Radiation exposure impairs learning and memory, causes anxietyCredit: Acharya et al., eNeuro 2019 Exposure to chronic, low dose radiation -- the conditions present in deep space -- causes neural and behavioral impairments in…

UMD astronomer contributes to discovery of first known exoplanet hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphereCredit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI) The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be…

Credit: UTSA (San Antonio, July 31, 2019) - The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), a public university that is nationally recognized for research excellence, will receive $3 million dollars from NASA to develop a new…

Planetary system orbiting an unusually quiet star is ideal for future habitability searchesCredit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new…

Credit: Rosa Santomartino Astronauts are to test the world's first space mining devices, in an advance that could open up a new frontier in exploring the universe. Prototype kits are being sent to the International Space…