Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

It would be easy to envy bats, bears and hedgehogs their seasonal torpor, but research has suggested that humans once ...

The weird and wonderful world of sleeping in space — and what studies of astronauts tell us about the future of sleep ...

The Apollo 13 crew after returning to Earth. Credit: NASA Throughout history, humans have utilized their incredible intelligence to adapt and flourish in various environments. From traversing oceans ...

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will host a major celebration of space exploration commemorating humankind’s first flight into space by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Yuri’s Night ...

Earth is surrounded by a radio field caused by very low-frequency waves. This field pushes away the Van Allen Belts, a radiation swim-floaty that surrounds Earth's middle. Van Allen radiation hinders ...

Humanity has never been fully satisfied with this side of the horizon. Our ancestors crested mountains and crossed oceans until our species filled every corner of the world. We invented machines for ...